• 文献标题:   Role of the Pinning Points in epitaxial Graphene Moire Superstructures on the Pt(111) Surface
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   MARTINEZ JI, MERINO P, PINARDI AL, GONZALO OI, LOPEZ MF, MENDEZ J, MARTINGAGO JA
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  • 出版物名称:   SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • ISSN:   2045-2322
  • 通讯作者地址:   Inst Mat Sci Madrid ICMM CSIC
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1038/srep20354
  • 出版年:   2016

▎ 摘  要

The intrinsic atomic mechanisms responsible for electronic doping of epitaxial graphene Moires on transition metal surfaces is still an open issue. To better understand this process we have carried out a first-principles full characterization of the most representative Moire superstructures observed on the Gr/Pt(111) system and confronted the results with atomically resolved scanning tunneling microscopy experiments. We find that for all reported Moires the system relaxes inducing a non-negligible atomic corrugation both, at the graphene and at the outermost platinum layer. Interestingly, a mirror "anti-Moire" reconstruction appears at the substrate, giving rise to the appearance of pinning-points. We show that these points are responsible for the development of the superstructure, while charge from the Pt substrate is injected into the graphene, inducing a local n-doping, mostly localized at these specific pinning-point positions.