• 文献标题:   Graphene on Ru(0001): A 25x25 supercell
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MARTOCCIA D, WILLMOTT PR, BRUGGER T, BJORCK M, GUNTHER S, SCHLEPUTZ CM, CERVELLINO A, PAULI SA, PATTERSON BD, MARCHINI S, WINTTERLIN J, MORITZ W, GREBER T
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0031-9007 EI 1079-7114
  • 通讯作者地址:   Paul Scherrer Inst
  • 被引频次:   223
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.126102
  • 出版年:   2008

▎ 摘  要

The structure of a single layer of graphene on Ru(0001) has been studied using surface x-ray diffraction. A surprising superstructure containing 1250 carbon atoms has been determined, whereby 25x25 graphene unit cells lie on 23x23 unit cells of Ru. Each supercell contains 2x2 crystallographically inequivalent subcells caused by corrugation. Strong intensity oscillations in the superstructure rods demonstrate that the Ru substrate is also significantly corrugated down to several monolayers and that the bonding between graphene and Ru is strong and cannot be caused by van der Waals bonds. Charge transfer from the Ru substrate to the graphene expands and weakens the C-C bonds, which helps accommodate the in-plane tensile stress. The elucidation of this superstructure provides important information in the potential application of graphene as a template for nanocluster arrays.