Self-Assembly of Graphene Nanoblisters Sealed to a Bare Metal Surface

Nano Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1808-1817

  Larciprete, Rosanna ^a   Colonna, Stefano ^b   Ronci, Fabio ^b   Flammini, Roberto ^b   Lacovig, Paolo ^c   Apostol, Nicoleta ^d   Politano, Antonio ^e   Feulner, Peter ^f   Menzel, Dietrich ^f,g   Lizzit, Silvano ^c  

^a ISC CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ar intercalation; Graphene; nanoblister; nickel; STM; XPS

Indexed keywords

ARGON; ATOMS; MONOLAYERS; NICKEL; SELF ASSEMBLY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS; EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE LATTICES; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; NANOBLISTER; NON-UNIFORM STRAIN; THERMAL-ANNEALING; TRIANGULAR SHAPES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84960539024     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b04849     Document Type: Article

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