Graphene on Ni(111): Electronic Corrugation and Dynamics from Helium Atom Scattering

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 46, 2015, Pages 25983-25990

  Tamtögl, Anton ^a   Bahn, Emanuel ^b   Zhu, Jianding ^a   Fouquet, Peter ^b   Ellis, John ^a   Allison, William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATOMS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; HELIUM; NICKEL; PHONONS; REFLECTION;

ELASTIC DIFFRACTION; HELIUM ATOM SCATTERING; INTERACTING SYSTEM; INTERLAYER INTERACTIONS; STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICS; SURFACE ELECTRON DENSITY; SURFACE PHONON MODE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84947712448     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b08284     Document Type: Article

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