• 文献标题:   The Backside of Graphene: Manipulating Adsorption by Intercalation
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SCHUMACHER S, WEHLING TO, LAZIC P, RUNTE S, FORSTER DF, BUSSE C, PETROVIC M, KRALJ M, BLUGEL S, ATODIRESEI N, CACIUC V, MICHELY T
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, intercalation, adsorption, doping work function, stm
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Cologne
  • 被引频次:   50
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl402797j
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

The ease by which graphene is affected through contact with other materials is one of its unique features and defines an integral part of its potential for applications. Here, it will be demonstrated that intercalation, the insertion of atomic layers in between the backside of graphene and the supporting substrate, is an efficient tool to change its interaction with the environment on the frontside. By partial intercalation of graphene on Ir(111) with Eu or Cs we induce strongly n-doped graphene patches through the contact with these intercalants. They coexist with nonintercalated, slightly p-doped graphene patches. We employ these backside doping patterns to directly visualize doping induced binding energy differences of ionic adsorbates to graphene through low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. Density functional theory confirms these binding energy differences and shows that they are related to the graphene doping level.