• 文献标题:   Structural and electronic properties of an ordered grain boundary formed by separated (1,0) dislocations in graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MA CX, SUN HF, DU HJ, WANG JF, ZHAO AD, LI QX, WANG B, HOU JG
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Sci Technol China
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1039/c4nr06789d
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

We present an investigation of the structural and electronic properties of an ordered grain boundary (GB) formed by separated pentagon-heptagon pairs in single-layer graphene/SiO2 using scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/STS), coupled with density functional theory (DFT) calculations. It is observed that the pentagon-heptagon pairs, i. e., (1,0) dislocations, form a periodic quasi-one-dimensional chain. The (1,0) dislocations are separated by 8 transverse rows of carbon rings, with a period of similar to 2.1 nm. The protruded feature of each dislocation shown in the STM images reflects its out-of-plane buckling structure, which is supported by the DFT simulations. The STS spectra recorded along the small-angle GB show obvious differential-conductance peaks, the positions of which qualitatively accord with the van Hove singularities from the DFT calculations.