Interface Coupling in Twisted Multilayer Graphene by Resonant Raman Spectroscopy of Layer Breathing Modes

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 7440-7449

  Wu, Jiang Bin ^a   Hu, Zhi Xin ^b   Zhang, Xin ^a   Han, Wen Peng ^a   Lu, Yan ^a   Shi, Wei ^a   Qiao, Xiao Fen ^a   Ijiäs, Mari ^c   Milana, Silvia ^c   Ji, Wei ^b   Ferrari, Andrea C ^c   Tan, Ping Heng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

graphene; heterostructures; interface coupling; layer breathing modes; Raman spectroscopy; two dimensional materials

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MULTILAYERS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OPTICAL MULTILAYERS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

BREATHING MODES; INTERFACE COUPLINGS; INTERLAYER INTERACTIONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; RESONANT RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) CRYSTALS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84938152115     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02502     Document Type: Article

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