Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2010-12-07
Nanotechnology 22:055708 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
15 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Nanotechnology
Scientific paper
10.1088/0957-4484/22/5/055708
A new model for graphene, epitaxially grown on silicon carbide is proposed. Density functional theory modelling of epitaxial graphene functionalization by hydrogen, fluorine and phenyl groups has been performed with hydrogen and fluorine showing a high probability of cluster formation in high adatom concentration. It has also been shown that the clusterization of fluorine adatoms provides midgap states in formation due to significant flat distortion of graphene. The functionalization of epitaxial graphene using larger species (methyl and phenyl groups) renders cluster formation impossible, due to the steric effect and results in uniform coverage with the energy gap opening.
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