Nano-scale corrugations in graphene: A density functional theory study of structure, electronic properties and hydrogenation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 7900-7910

  Rossi, Antonio ^a,b   Piccinin, Simone ^c,d   Pellegrini, Vittorio ^b,e   De Gironcoli, Stefano ^c,d   Tozzini, Valentina ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c IOM CNR LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

^e ISTITUTO NANOSCIENZE CNR   (Italy)

^f SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; COMPUTATION THEORY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HYDROGEN STORAGE; HYDROGENATION; NANOELECTRONICS; SILICON; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

ADVANCED APPLICATIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COSTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY STUDIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES OF GRAPHENE; ENHANCED REACTIVITY; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES; QUANTITATIVE RESULT; STRUCTURAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84927589683     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511409b     Document Type: Article

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