• 文献标题:   Electronic structure and imaging contrast of graphene moire on metals
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   VOLOSHINA EN, FERTITTA E, GARHOFER A, MITTENDORFER F, FONIN M, THISSEN A, DEDKOV YS
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • ISSN:   2045-2322
  • 通讯作者地址:   SPECS Surface Nano Anal GmbH
  • 被引频次:   67
  • DOI:   10.1038/srep01072
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Realization of graphene moire superstructures on the surface of 4d and 5d transition metals offers templates with periodically modulated electron density, which is responsible for a number of fascinating effects, including the formation of quantum dots and the site selective adsorption of organic molecules or metal clusters on graphene. Here, applying the combination of scanning probe microscopy/spectroscopy and the density functional theory calculations, we gain a profound insight into the electronic and topographic contributions to the imaging contrast of the epitaxial graphene/Ir(111) system. We show directly that in STM imaging the electronic contribution is prevailing compared to the topographic one. In the force microscopy and spectroscopy experiments we observe a variation of the interaction strength between the tip and high-symmetry places within the graphene moire supercell, which determine the adsorption sites for molecules or metal clusters on graphene/Ir(111).