• 文献标题:   Modulation of Kekule adatom ordering due to strain in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GONZALEZARRAGA L, GUINEA F, SANJOSE P
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   2469-9950 EI 2469-9969
  • 通讯作者地址:   IMDEA Nanociencia
  • 被引频次:   2
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.97.165430
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Intervalley scattering of carriers in graphene at "top" adatoms may give rise to a hidden Kekule ordering pattern in the adatom positions. This ordering is the result of a rapid modulation in the electron-mediated interaction between adatoms at the wave vector K - K', which has been shown experimentally and theoretically to dominate their spatial distribution. Here we show that the adatom interaction is extremely sensitive to strain in the supporting graphene, which leads to a characteristic spatial modulation of the Kekule order as a function of adatom distance. Our results suggest that the spatial distributions of adatoms could provide away to measure the type and magnitude of strain in graphene and the associated pseudogauge field with high accuracy.