• 文献标题:   Structure and local variations of the graphene moire on Ir(111)
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   HAMALAINEN SK, BONESCHANSCHER MP, JACOBSE PH, SWART I, PUSSI K, MORITZ W, LAHTINEN J, LILJEROTH P, SAINIO J
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  • 出版物名称:   PHYSICAL REVIEW B
  • ISSN:   1098-0121 EI 1550-235X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Aalto Univ
  • 被引频次:   38
  • DOI:   10.1103/PhysRevB.88.201406
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

We have studied the incommensurate moire structure of epitaxial graphene grown on iridium(111) by dynamic low-energy electron diffraction [LEED I(V)] and noncontact atomic force microscopy (AFM) with a CO-terminated tip. Our LEED I(V) results yield the average positions of all the atoms in the surface unit cell and are in qualitative agreement with the structure obtained from density functional theory. The AFM experiments reveal local variations of the moire structure: The corrugation varies smoothly over several moire unit cells between 42 and 56 pm. We attribute these variations to the varying registry between the moire symmetry sites and the underlying substrate. We also observe isolated outliers, where the moire top sites can be offset by an additional 10 pm. This study demonstrates that AFM imaging can be used to directly yield the local surface topography with pm accuracy even on incommensurate two-dimensional structures with varying chemical reactivity.