Quantum Chemical Molecular Dynamics Studies of Bilayer Graphene Growth on a Ni(111) Surface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 12643-12650

  Jiao, Menggai ^a,b   Li, Kai ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Wu, Zhijian ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CARBON; CATALYSTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NICKEL; NUCLEATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUANTUM CHEMISTRY;

BILAYER GRAPHENE; EVOLUTION MECHANISM; GROWTH CONDITIONS; LAYER-BY LAYER MODE; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; NUCLEATION PROCESS; QUANTUM CHEMICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; QUANTUM CHEMICAL MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84930959581     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b00340     Document Type: Article

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