Decoupling of the graphene layer from the ferromagnetic substrate via intercalation of sp metal has recently been proposed as an effective way to realize single-layer graphene-based spin-filter. Here, the structural and electronic properties of the prototype system, graphene/Al/Ni(111), are investigated via combination of electron diffraction and spectroscopic methods. These studies are accompanied by state-of-the-art electronic structure calculations. The properties of this prospective Al-intercalation-like system and its possible implementations in future graphene-based devices are discussed.
@article{arxiv.1108.3002,
title = {Structural and electronic properties of the graphene/Al/Ni(111) intercalation-like system},
author = {E. N. Voloshina and A. Generalov and M. Weser and S. Boettcher and K. Horn and Yu. S. Dedkov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.3002},
year = {2011}
}