Structural and electronic properties of the graphene/Al/Ni(111)   intercalation-like system
  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. 
E. N. Voloshina, A. Generalov, M. Weser, S. Boettcher, K. Horn, and   Yu. S. Dedkov
cond-mat.mtrl-sci cond-mat.mes-hall