English

Second layer of H2 and D2 adsorbed on graphene

Materials Science 2015-06-15 v1 Other Condensed Matter

Abstract

We report diffusion Monte Carlo calculations on the phase diagrams of para-H2 and ortho-D2 adsorbed on top of a first layer of the same substances on graphene. We found that the ground state of the second layer is a triangular incommensurate solid for both isotopes. The densities for promotion to a second layer and for the onset of a two-dimensional solid on that second layer compare favorably to available experimental data in both cases.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1304.0971,
  title  = {Second layer of H2 and D2 adsorbed on graphene},
  author = {M. C. Gordillo and J. Boronat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.0971},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

6 pages, to be published in Phys. Rev. B