Graphene Growth by Metal Etching on Ru(0001)

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2010-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/1001.4842v1

Physical Review B Volume: 80 Issue: 23 Article Number: 235422 Published: DEC 2009

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

20 pages. 9 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.80.235422

Low-energy electron microscopy (LEEM) reveals a new mode of graphene growth on Ru(0001) in which Ru atoms are etched from a step edge and injected under a growing graphene sheet. Based on density functional calculations, we propose a model wherein injected Ru atoms form metastable islands under the graphene. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) reveals that dislocation networks exist near step edges, consistent with some of the injected atoms being incorporated into the topmost Ru layer, thereby increasing its density.

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