From stripes to hexagons: strain-induced 2D Pb phases confined between graphene and SiC

Markus Gruschwitz, Sergii Sologub, Chitran Ghosal +4

The intercalation of metals beneath graphene offers a powerful route to stabilizing and protecting novel two-dimensional (2D) phases. The epitaxial growth of Pb monolayers on SiC(0…