From Permeation to Cluster Arrays: Graphene on Ir(111) Exposed to Carbon Vapor
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In: Nano Letters, Vol. 17.2017, No. 5, 20.04.2017, p. 3105-3112.
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T1 - From Permeation to Cluster Arrays
T2 - Graphene on Ir(111) Exposed to Carbon Vapor
AU - Herbig, Charlotte
AU - Knispel, Timo
AU - Simon, Sabina
AU - Schröder, Ulrike A.
AU - Martínez-Galera, Antonio J.
AU - Arman, Mohammad A.
AU - Teichert, Christian
AU - Knudsen, Jan
AU - Krasheninnikov, Arkady V.
AU - Michely, Thomas
PY - 2017/4/20
Y1 - 2017/4/20
N2 - Our scanning tunneling microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy experiments along with first-principles calculations uncover the rich phenomenology and enable a coherent understanding of carbon vapor interaction with graphene on Ir(111). At high temperatures, carbon vapor not only permeates to the metal surface but also densifies the graphene cover. Thereby, in addition to underlayer graphene growth, upon cool down also severe wrinkling of the densified graphene cover is observed. In contrast, at low temperatures the adsorbed carbon largely remains on top and self-organizes into a regular array of fullerene-like, thermally highly stable clusters that are covalently bonded to the underlying graphene sheet. Thus, a new type of predominantly sp2-hybridized nanostructured and ultrathin carbon material emerges, which may be useful to encage or stably bind metal in finely dispersed form.
AB - Our scanning tunneling microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy experiments along with first-principles calculations uncover the rich phenomenology and enable a coherent understanding of carbon vapor interaction with graphene on Ir(111). At high temperatures, carbon vapor not only permeates to the metal surface but also densifies the graphene cover. Thereby, in addition to underlayer graphene growth, upon cool down also severe wrinkling of the densified graphene cover is observed. In contrast, at low temperatures the adsorbed carbon largely remains on top and self-organizes into a regular array of fullerene-like, thermally highly stable clusters that are covalently bonded to the underlying graphene sheet. Thus, a new type of predominantly sp2-hybridized nanostructured and ultrathin carbon material emerges, which may be useful to encage or stably bind metal in finely dispersed form.
KW - bilayer graphene
KW - carbon deposition
KW - cluster
KW - Graphene
KW - wrinkle
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85019201818&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00550
DO - 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00550
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85019201818
VL - 17.2017
SP - 3105
EP - 3112
JO - Nano Letters
JF - Nano Letters
SN - 1530-6984
IS - 5
ER -