• 文献标题:   Native defects in ultra-high vacuum grown graphene islands on Cu(111)
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HOLLEN SM, TJUNG SJ, MATTIOLI KR, GAMBREL GA, SANTAGATA NM, JOHNSTONHALPERIN E, GUPTA JA
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, scanning tunneling microscopy, defect
  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICSCONDENSED MATTER
  • ISSN:   0953-8984 EI 1361-648X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ohio State Univ
  • 被引频次:   6
  • DOI:   10.1088/0953-8984/28/3/034003
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

We present a scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) study of native defects in graphene islands grown by ultra-high vacuum decomposition of ethylene on Cu(1 1 1). We characterize these defects through a survey of their apparent heights, atomic-resolution imaging, and detailed tunneling spectroscopy. Bright defects that occur only in graphene regions are identified as C site point defects in the graphene lattice and are most likely single C vacancies. Dark defect types are observed in both graphene and Cu regions, and are likely point defects in the Cu surface. We also present data showing the importance of bias and tip termination to the appearance of the defects in STM images and the ability to achieve atomic resolution. Finally, we present tunneling spectroscopy measurements probing the influence of point defects on the local electronic landscape of graphene islands.