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Single- and multilayer graphene films formed on the surface of a number of metals (Rh, Pt, Ir, and Re) at the thermal decomposition of benzene molecules have been studied. A surprising phenomenon has been revealed: these films with thicknesses up to 15 layers do not absorb light emitted by the surface and affect neither brightness nor true temperatures of the surface, which contradicts the fundamental results obtained by A. Geim and K. Novoselov. At larger thicknesses, absorption occurs in agreement with the commonly accepted concepts.
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Original Russian Text © E.V. Rut’kov, N.R. Gall, 2014, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Eksperimental’noi i Teoreticheskoi Fiziki, 2014, Vol. 100, No. 10, pp. 708–711.
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Rut’kov, E.V., Gall, N.R. Unusual optical properties of graphene on an Rh surface. Jetp Lett. 100, 625–628 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0021364014220159
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