• 文献标题:   Direct electric field imaging of graphene defects
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ISHIKAWA R, FINDLAY SD, SEKI T, SANCHEZSANTOLINO G, KOHNO Y, IKUHARA Y, SHIBATA N
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
  • ISSN:   2041-1723
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Tokyo
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1038/s41467-018-06387-8
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Material properties are sensitive to atomistic structure defects such as vacancies or impurities, and it is therefore important to determine not only the local atomic configuration but also their chemical bonding state. Annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) combined with electron energy-loss spectroscopy has been utilized to investigate the local electronic structures of such defects down to the level of single atoms. However, it is still challenging to two-dimensionally map the local bonding states, because the electronic fine-structure signal from a single atom is extremely weak. Here, we show that atomic-resolution differential phase-contrast STEM imaging can directly visualize the anisotropy of single Si atomic electric fields in monolayer graphene. We also visualize the atomic electric fields of Stone-Wales defects and nanopores in graphene. Our results open the way to directly examine the local chemistry of the defective structures in materials at atomistic dimensions.