Quantitative Chemistry and the Discrete Geometry of Conformal Atom-Thin Crystals

Shows that the chemical properties of atom-thin crystals — hybridization angles, bond lengths, reactivity — can be read directly from the discrete geometry of their atomic positions, even in the presence of defects. The pyramidalization angle, a key chemically significant measure, turns out to be linearly proportional to the mean curvature of the crystal surface.

2014-01-01

Authors: A. A. Pacheco Sanjuan, M. Mehboudi, E. O. Harriss, H. Terrones, S. Barraza-Lopez
Published in: ACS Nano, 2014
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@article{conformal-atom-thin-crystals,
  title   = {Quantitative Chemistry and the Discrete Geometry of Conformal Atom-Thin Crystals},
  author  = {A. A. Pacheco Sanjuan and M. Mehboudi and E. O. Harriss and H. Terrones and S. Barraza-Lopez},
  journal = {ACS Nano},
  year    = {2014},
  volume  = {8},
  number  = {2},
  pages   = {1136--1146},
  doi     = {10.1021/nn406532z},
}