• 文献标题:   Giant surface charge density of graphene resolved from scanning tunneling microscopy and first-principles theory
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   XU P, YANG Y, BARBER SD, ACKERMAN ML, SCHOELZ JK, KORNEV IA, BARRAZALOPEZ S, BELLAICHE L, THIBADO PM
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Arkansas
  • 被引频次:   18
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.84.161409
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

In this work, systematic constant-bias, variable-current scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements and STM simulations from density-functional theory are carried out, yielding critical insights into the spatial structure of electrons in graphene. A foundational comparison is drawn between graphene and graphite, showing the surface charge density of graphene to be 300% that of graphite. Furthermore, simulated STM images reveal that high-current STM better resolves graphene's honeycomb bonding structure because of a retraction which occurs in the topmost dangling bond orbitals.