• 文献标题:   Strain-Driven Moire Superstructures of Epitaxial Graphene on Transition Metal Surfaces
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MERINO P, SVEC M, PINARDI AL, OTERO G, MARTINGAGO JA
  • 作者关键词:   epitaxial graphene, stm, moire superstructure, strain
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Inst Ciencia Mat Madrid CSIC
  • 被引频次:   106
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn201200J
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

STM images of multidomain epitaxial graphene on Pt(111) have been combined with a geometrical model to Investigate the origin of the coincidence Moire superstructures. We show that there Is a relation between the appearance of a particular Moire periodicity and the minimization of the absolute value of the strain between the graphene and the substrate for the different orientations between both atomic lattices. This model predicts all the stable epitaxial graphene structures that can be grown on transition metal surfaces, and we have made use of it for reproducing previously published data from different authors. Its validity suggests that minimization of the strain within the coincident graphene unit-cell due to a strong local interaction is the driving force in the formation of Moire superstructures.