Breaking of symmetry in graphene growth on metal substrates

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Artyukhov, Vasilii I ^a   Hao, Yufeng ^b   Ruoff, Rodney S ^c,d   Yakobson, Boris I ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c Institute for Basic Science   (South Korea)

^d Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; GROUND STATE; SUBSTRATES;

EDGE STRUCTURES; ENERGY VARIATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM SHAPE; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; INTRINSIC SYMMETRIES; METAL SUBSTRATE; MONTE CARLO MODEL; SYMMETRY-BREAKING;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84925874043     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.115502     Document Type: Article

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