Bonding of Gold Nanoclusters on Graphene with and without Point Defects

Pavloudis, Theodore; Kioseoglou, Joseph; Palmer, Richard

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Bonding of Gold Nanoclusters on Graphene with and without Point Defects

Theodore Pavloudis, Joseph Kioseoglou, Richard Palmer

Nanomaterials, Volume: 10, Issue: 11, Start page: 2109

Swansea University Authors: Theodore Pavloudis, Richard Palmer

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Hybrid nanostructures of size-selected nanoparticles (NPs) and 2D materials exhibit striking physical and chemical properties and are attractive for many technology applications. A major issue for the performance of these applications is device stability. In this work, we investigate the bonding of...

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Bonding of Gold Nanoclusters on Graphene with and without Point Defects

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