• 文献标题:   Graphite, graphene on SiC, and graphene nanoribbons: Calculated images with a numerical FM-AFM
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CASTANIE F, NONY L, GAUTHIER S, BOUJU X
  • 作者关键词:   calculation, fmafm, graphene, graphite, image, nanoribbon
  • 出版物名称:   BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   2190-4286
  • 通讯作者地址:   Ctr Elaborat Mat Etudes Struct
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.3762/bjnano.3.34
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

Background: Characterization at the atomic scale is becoming an achievable task for FM-AFM users equipped, for example, with a qPlus sensor. Nevertheless, calculations are necessary to fully interpret experimental images in some specific cases. In this context, we developed a numerical AFM (n-AFM) able to be used in different modes and under different usage conditions. Results: Here, we tackled FM-AFM image calculations of three types of graphitic structures, namely a graphite surface, a graphene sheet on a silicon carbide substrate with a Si-terminated surface, and finally, a graphene nanoribbon. We compared static structures, meaning that all the tip and sample atoms are kept frozen in their equilibrium position, with dynamic systems, obtained with a molecular dynamics module allowing all the atoms to move freely during the probe oscillations. Conclusion: We found a very good agreement with experimental graphite and graphene images. The imaging process for the deposited nanoribbon demonstrates the stability of our n-AFM to image a non-perfectly planar substrate exhibiting a geometrical step as well as a material step.