• 文献标题:   Dynamic observation of layer-by-layer growth and removal of graphene on Ru(0001)
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CUI Y, FU Q, BAO XH
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   1463-9076
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   43
  • DOI:   10.1039/c000719f
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

Graphene growth and dissolution on Ru(0001) was dynamically imaged by low energy electron microscopy (LEEM) and photoemission electron microscopy (PEEM). It was found that multilayer graphene grows on the metal surface in a layer-by-layer mode and the removal of graphene multilayers also occurs one layer after another. The topmost surface of the formed multilayer graphene is physically continuous as indicated by scanning tunneling microscope (STM) images. Accordingly, a bottom-up growth mechanism of multilayer graphene on Ru(0001) was proposed, which would help to prepare graphene overlayers with controlled thickness.