Atomic Structure of Graphene on SiO2

Details Atomic Structure of Graphene on SiO2 Atomic Structure of Graphene on SiO2

2008-11-04

arxiv.org/abs/0811.0587v1

NanoLetters 7, 1643-1648, 2007

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

13 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1021/nl070613a

We employ scanning probe microscopy to reveal atomic structures and nanoscale morphology of graphene-based electronic devices (i.e. a graphene sheet supported by an insulating silicon dioxide substrate) for the first time. Atomic resolution STM images reveal the presence of a strong spatially dependent perturbation, which breaks the hexagonal lattice symmetry of the graphitic lattice. Structural corrugations of the graphene sheet partially conform to the underlying silicon oxide substrate. These effects are obscured or modified on graphene devices processed with normal lithographic methods, as they are covered with a layer of photoresist residue. We enable our experiments by a novel cleaning process to produce atomically-clean graphene sheets.

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