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Graphene: A perfect nanoballoon

Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 193107 (2008); doi:10.1063/1.3021413

Published 12 November 2008

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O. Leenaerts, B. Partoens, and F. M. Peeters
Departement Fysica, Universiteit Antwerpen, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium
We have performed a first-principles density functional theory investigation of the penetration of helium atoms through a graphene monolayer with defects. The relaxation of the graphene layer caused by the incoming helium atoms does not have a strong influence on the height of the energy barriers for penetration. For defective graphene layers, the penetration barriers decrease exponentially with the size of the defects but they are still sufficiently high that very large defects are needed to make the graphene sheet permeable for small atoms and molecules. This makes graphene a very promising material for the construction of nanocages and nanomembranes. ©2008 American Institute of Physics
History: Received 11 September 2008; accepted 21 October 2008; published 12 November 2008
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KEYWORDS and PACS

Keywords
PACS
  • 61.46.Hk
    Structure of nanocrystals
  • 61.72.jd
    Vacancies (point defects)
  • YEAR: 2008

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