Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2010-10-07
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Submitted to Nano Lett. on May, 17th 2010
Scientific paper
Topographic scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) images of epitaxial single layer graphene on the Rh(111) surface reveal that extended single crystalline graphene domains are produced without any defects on a large scale. High resolution imaging shows that the moir\'e structure resulting from the lattice mismatch between the Rh(111) substrate and graphene is highly corrugated, containing regions of an additional spatial modulation in the moir\'e supercell compared with those previously reported for graphene on Ir(111) or graphene on Ru(0001). These areas, which correspond to the "bridge" regions of the moir\'e structure appear as depressions in STM images indicating a strong orbital hybridization between the graphene layer and the metallic substrate. Valence-band photoemission confirms the strong hybridization between graphene and Rh(111) which leads to the pronounced corrugation of the graphene layer. Our findings underline the importance of considering substrate effects in epitaxially grown graphene layers for the design of graphene-based nanoscale systems.
Bouvron S.
Dedkov Yu. S.
Fonin Mikhail
Horn Karsten
Leicht Ph.
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