[institut] Reminder: SCL Seminar: Srdjan Stavric, Thursday, April 11, 14:00

[Darko Tanaskovic]

Dear colleagues,

You are cordially invited to the SCL seminar of the Center for the Study 
of Complex Systems, which will be held on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 
14:00 in the library reading room “Dr. Dragan Popović" of the Institute 
of Physics Belgrade. The talk entitled

Structural and electronic properties of metals at 2D materials from 
first-principles calculations

will be given by Srdjan Stavric (Laboratory of Theoretical Physics and 
Condensed Matter Physics Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences).

Abstract of the talk:
Since the discovery of graphene in 2004, the physics of two-dimensional 
(2D) materials has become a fast-growing field. Their structural variety 
is followed by peculiar electronic properties, which foster the concept 
of utilizing them as major components in future nanodevices. For 
technological applications, of utmost importance is the understanding of 
their interaction with metals. After a brief introduction into a 
manifold of 2D materials, we will give a detailed description of the 
computational approach to metallic structures adsorbed at 2D materials 
based on the density functional theory (DFT). Then the tendency towards 
planar or three-dimensional (3D) growth of three selected metals will be 
rationalized from the atomic-scale description of the interaction 
between metal atoms, as well as adsorption geometries of their small 
clusters [1]. Special attention will be paid to the interaction of 
lithium with the representatives of different classes of 2D materials, 
where the general binding trend can be estimated from the position of 
conduction band minima of pristine 2D crystals [2].

[1] S. Stavrić, M. Belić, Ž. Šljivančanin, Carbon 96, 216-222 (2016)
[2] S. Stavrić, Z.S. Popović, Ž. Šljivančanin, Phys. Rev. Mater. 2 (11), 
114007 (2018)

Best regards,
Darko Tanaskovic