We have generated precise values for several key energies that are relevant to Cu-
graphene or Cu-graphite systems. Such systems may find technological applications that …

Encapsulation of metal nanoparticles just below the surface of a prototypical layered
material, graphite, is a recently discovered phenomenon. These encapsulation architectures …

Graphene intercalation is a novel way to control graphene's band structure and generate
two-dimensional quantum materials with unusual spintronic and electronic properties …

Previous experimental observations motivate clarification of configuration stabilities and
kinetic processes for intercalation of guest atoms into a layered van der Waals material such …

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 …

Metal intercalation under graphene has attracted extensive experimental and theoretical
research because of its capability to manipulate the electronic structure and properties of …

In this study, we demonstrate a quasi van der Waals epitaxy approach to prepare an
epitaxial Ru ultrathin film on large-scale, single-crystalline, monolayer graphene. Physical …

Using scanning tunneling microscopy, we show that Pt clusters can be encapsulated
beneath the surface of graphite, whereas Ag and Au cannot. This is in complete agreement …

Previous experimental observations for H intercalation under graphene on SiC surfaces
motivate the clarification of configuration stabilities and kinetic processes related to …

We describe and analyze in detail the shapes of Fe islands encapsulated under the top
graphene layers in graphite. Shapes are interrogated using scanning tunneling microscopy …