Spectral Modifications of Graphene Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Abstract

We investigated graphene structures grafted with fullerenes. The size of the graphene sheets ranges from 6400 to 640,000 atoms. The fullerenes (C60 and C240) are placed on top of the graphene sheets, using different impact velocities we could distinguish three types of impact. Furthermore, we investigated the changes of the vibrational properties. The modified graphene planes show additional features in the vibronic density of states.

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Liesegang, D. and Oligschleger, C. (2014) Spectral Modifications of Graphene Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Journal of Modern Physics, 5, 149-156. doi: 10.4236/jmp.2014.54025.

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