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most citedFirst-Principles Thermodynamics of Graphene Growth on Cu Surface

340 citations · 572 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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cond-mat.mtrl-sci2014★ 45 cited

Bilayer Graphene Growth via a Penetration Mechanism

Ping Wu, Xiaofang Zhai, Zhenyu Li +1

From both fundamental and technical points of view, a precise control of the layer number of graphene samples is very important. To reach this goal, atomic scale mechanisms of mult…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2013★ 10 cited

Orientation Sensitive Nonlinear Growth of Graphene: A Geometry-determined Epitaxial Growth Mechanism

Huijun Jiang, Ping Wu, Zhonghuai Hou +2

Although the corresponding carbon-metal interactions can be very different, a similar nonlinear growth behavior of graphene has been observed for different metal substrates. To und…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2011★ 100 cited

Atomistic Mechanisms of Nonlinear Graphene Growth on Ir Surface

Ping Wu, Huijun Jiang, Wenhua Zhang +3

As a two-dimensional material, graphene can be naturally obtained via epitaxial growth on a suitable substrate. Growth condition optimization usually requires an atomistic level un…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2011★ 2 cited

Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Graphene using Other Hydrocarbon Sources

Zhancheng Li, Ping Wu, Chenxi Wang +7

Graphene has attracted a lot of research interests due to its exotic properties and a wide spectrum of potential applications. Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) from gaseous hydrocar…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2011★ 340 cited

First-Principles Thermodynamics of Graphene Growth on Cu Surface

Wenhua Zhang, Ping Wu, Zhenyu Li +1

Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is an important method to synthesis grapheme on a substract. Recently, Cu becomes the most popular CVD substrate for graphene growth. Here, we combi…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2010★ 75 cited

Coalescence of Carbon Atoms on Cu (111) Surface: Emergence of a Stable Bridging-Metal Structure Motif

Ping Wu, Wenhua Zhang, Zhenyu Li +2

By combining first principles transition state location and molecular dynamics simulation, we unambiguously identify a carbon atom approaching induced bridging metal structure form…