• 文献标题:   Destruction of graphene by metal adatoms
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BOUKHVALOV DW, KATSNELSON MI
  • 作者关键词:   adsorbed layer, cobalt, gold, graphene, iron, metal cluster, nickel, vacancies crystal
  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
  • 通讯作者地址:   Radboud Univ Nijmegen
  • 被引频次:   89
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.3160551
  • 出版年:   2009

▎ 摘  要

The formation energies for mono- and bivacancies in graphene in the presence of adatoms of various metals and small metallic clusters have been calculated. It is shown that transition metal impurities such as iron, nickel, and, especially, cobalt reduce dramatically the vacancy formation energies whereas gold impurities have almost no effect on characteristics of the vacancies. These results highlight that special measures are required in order to protect graphene from damage by transition metal leads.