• 文献标题:   Bond Length and Charge Density Variations within Extended Arm Chair Defects in Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WARNER JH, LEE GD, HE K, ROBERTSON AW, YOON E, KIRKLAND AI
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, hrtem, electron microscopy, defect, tem
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Oxford
  • 被引频次:   28
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn403517m
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Extended linear arm chair defects are intentionally fabricated in suspended monolayer graphene using controlled focused electron beam irradiation. The atomic structure is accurately determined using aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy with monochromation of the electron source to achieve similar to 80 pm spatial resolution at an accelerating voltage of 80 kV. We show that the introduction of atomic vacancies in graphene disrupts the uniformity of C-C bond lengths immediately surrounding linear arm chair defects in graphene. The measured changes in C-C bond lengths are related to density functional theory (DFT) calculations of charge density variation and corresponding OFT calculated structural models. We show good correlation between the OFT predicted localized charge depletion and structural models with HRTEM measured bond elongation within the carbon tetragon structure of graphene. Further evidence of bond elongation within graphene defects is obtained from imaging a pair of 5-8-5 divacancies.