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Data on Nanotechnology Reported by Researchers at Pennsylvania State University

  2012 JAN 30 - (VerticalNews.com) -- According to the authors of recent research published in the Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, "In this study, the atomic structures and electronic properties of several alkaline earth metals (Ca, Sr and Ba) adsorbed alternately on both sides of graphene are investigated by using first-principles density functional theory (DFT) calculations. These materials are abbreviated to be the Ca-graphene, the Sr-graphene and the Ba-graphene, which contain four atoms in their unit cell (including two alkaline earth metals and two C atoms)."

  "The results previously obtained for the pristine graphene, the H-graphene (graphane) and the Li-graphene are resubmitted to check the computational procedure of this study. These results are also used to compare the order of stability of the ones presented here," wrote C. Berkdemir and colleagues, Pennsylvania State University.

  The researchers concluded: "It is found that alkaline earth metals on graphene we taken into account here show metallic behavior, depending on their electronic band structures and density of states (DOS)."

  Berkdemir and colleagues published their study in the Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience (Atomic Structures and Electronic Properties of Several Alkaline Earth Metals on Graphene. Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience, 2011;8(9):1679-1685).

  For additional information, contact C. Berkdemir, Pennsylvania State University, Dept. of Phys, University Park, PA 16802, United States.

  The publisher's contact information for the Journal of Computational and Theoretical Nanoscience is: Amer Scientific Publishers, 26650 The Old Rd, Ste 208, Valencia, CA 91381-0751, USA.

  Keywords: City:University Park, State:Pennsylvania, Country:United States, Region:North and Central America, Nanotechnology, Emerging Technologies

  This article was prepared by VerticalNews Nanotechnology editors from staff and other reports. Copyright 2012, VerticalNews Nanotechnology via VerticalNews.com.