Pristine graphene has been considered one of the most promising materials because of its
excellent physical and chemical properties. However, various defects in graphene produced …

In this article, we review basic information about the interaction of transition metal atoms with
the (0 0 0 1) surface of graphite, especially fundamental phenomena related to growth …

We report on the energetics of intercalation of lithium, sodium and potassium in graphite by
density functional theory using recently developed van der Waals (vdW) density functionals …

Proton transfer across single-layer graphene proceeds with large computed energy barriers
and is therefore thought to be unfavourable at room temperature unless nanoscale holes or …

Abstract Properties of many layered materials, including copper-and iron-based
superconductors, topological insulators, graphite and epitaxial graphene, can be …

Silicon carbide films are potential candidates for the development of microsystems with
harsh environmental conditions. In this work, the production of high-purity silicon carbide …

The thermodynamic preference of a foreign atom for adsorption on versus intercalation into
a graphitic surface is of fundamental and widespread interest. From an exhaustive first …

We present an extensive experimental study of the conditions under which Cu forms
encapsulated islands under the top surface layers of graphite, as a result of physical vapor …

The diffusion of dilute metallic lithium across the surface and into the bulk of atomically clean
highly oriented pyrolytic graphite in ultrahigh vacuum is reported. Auger electron …

We show that 3 metals–Dy, Ru, and Cu–can form multilayer intercalated (encapsulated)
islands at the graphite (0001) surface if 2 specific conditions are met: Defects are introduced …