Communications Physics (Aug 2021)

Peeling graphite layer by layer reveals the charge exchange dynamics of ions inside a solid

  • Anna Niggas,
  • Sascha Creutzburg,
  • Janine Schwestka,
  • Benjamin Wöckinger,
  • Tushar Gupta,
  • Pedro L. Grande,
  • Dominik Eder,
  • José P. Marques,
  • Bernhard C. Bayer,
  • Friedrich Aumayr,
  • Robert Bennett,
  • Richard A. Wilhelm

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-021-00686-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Ion-solid interactions are governed by a range of complex processes the direct experimental observation of which pose their own set of challenges. Here, the authors present a joint experimental and first-principles approach to study and describe the underlying mechanism of electron capture for an ion travelling through layers of graphene with monolayer precision.