Nanofaceting as a stamp for periodic graphene charge carrier modulations

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العنوان: Nanofaceting as a stamp for periodic graphene charge carrier modulations
المؤلفون: Vondracek, M., Kucera, M., Fekete, L., Kopecek, J., Lancok, J., Kalita, D., Coraux, J., Bouchiat, V., Honolka, J.
المصدر: Scientific Reports 6, Article number: 23663 (2016)
سنة النشر: 2016
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Materials Science
الوصف: The exceptional electronic properties of monoatomic thin graphene sheets triggered numerous original transport concepts, pushing quantum physics into the realm of device technology for electronics, optoelectronics and thermoelectrics. At the conceptual pivot point is the particular twodimensional massless Dirac fermion character of graphene charge carriers and its volitional modification by intrinsic or extrinsic means. Here, interfaces between different electronic and structural graphene modifications promise exciting physics and functionality, in particular when fabricated with atomic precision. In this study we show that quasiperiodic modulations of doping levels can be imprinted down to the nanoscale in monolayer graphene sheets. Vicinal copper surfaces allow to alternate graphene carrier densities by several 10^13 carriers per cm^2 along a specific copper high-symmetry direction. The process is triggered by a self-assembled copper faceting process during high-temperature graphene chemical vapor deposition, which defines interfaces between different graphene doping levels at the atomic level.
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1038/srep23663
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1604.00471
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1604.00471
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv