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Molecular-Dynamic Calculation of Effects Appearing in Removing a Lead Film from Graphene

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By the molecular-dynamics technique, the authors have investigated the bombardment of a thin lead film on graphene by a beam of Xe clusters in the range of energies 5–30 eV at an angle of incidence of 45o. Visual observation and the density profile of the Pb film point to a complete separation of the film from graphene followed by the formation of a lead cluster during the bombardment with a cluster energy of 20 eV. Such bombardment leads to maximum horizontal and minimum vertical mobilities of C atoms in graphene and also generates a minimum stress in the film′s plane due to vertical forces.

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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 90, No. 4, pp. 1076–1084, July–August, 2017.

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Galashev, A.E., Rakhmanova, O.R. Molecular-Dynamic Calculation of Effects Appearing in Removing a Lead Film from Graphene. J Eng Phys Thermophy 90, 1026–1034 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10891-017-1653-3

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