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O: Fachverband Oberflächenphysik
O 62: Graphene III
O 62.2: Talk
Thursday, March 25, 2010, 10:45–11:00, H31
Atomic structure of graphene on Rh(111) — •Mikhail Fonin1, Ole Zander1, Muriel Sicot1, Samuel Bouvron1, Ulrich Rüdiger1, Yuriy S. Dedkov2, and Karsten Horn2 — 1Fachbereich Physik, Universität Konstanz, 78457 Konstanz — 2Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 14195 Berlin
Exceptional transport properties of graphene, a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice of sp2-bonded carbon atoms [1], recently observed on exfoliated quasi-free-standing samples make it a promising material for applications in microelectronics and sensing.
Here, we present a systematic scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) study of the atomic structure of graphene monolayer on the Rh(111) surface. Depending on the preparation conditions a multi-domain or a single domain graphene monolayer can be obtained. Atomically-resolved imaging of the graphene surface shows a moiré structure with pronounced buckling due to a strong interaction with the metal substrate. We show the most abundant moiré pattern in the multi-domain graphene which has the same structure as that in the single domain layer differs distinctly from those previously reported for graphene on Ir(111) or Ru(0001) as well as for h-BN nanomesh on Rh(111). Moreover, STM reveals a small rotation between graphene superstructure and metal lattices resulting in the formation of chiral domains.
This work is supported by DFG through SFB 767 (TP C5).
[1] A. K. Geim and K. S. Novoselov, Nature Mater. 6, 183 (2007).