Bombarding Graphene with Oxygen Ions: Combining Effects of Incident Angle and Ion Energy to Control Defect Generation

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 47, 2015, Pages 26793-26802

  Bai, Zhitong ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Liu, Ling ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE; ION IMPLANTATION; IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; VACANCIES;

BOMBARDMENT PROCESS; IN-PLANE DISORDER; ION SUBSTITUTION; IRRADIATION PROCESS; OBLIQUE DIRECTION; PHYSICAL PROCESS; REACTIVE FORCE FIELD; SINGLE VACANCIES;

ION BOMBARDMENT;

EID: 84948798620     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09620     Document Type: Article

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