• 文献标题:   Structure and Nonequilibrium Heat-Transfer of a Physisorbed Molecular Layer on Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   WIT B, BUNJES O, WENDEROTH M, ROPERS C
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, physisorption, selfassembly, thermal transport
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   2196-7350
  • 通讯作者地址:   Georg August Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1002/admi.202000473 EA MAY 2020
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

The structure of a physisorbed sub-monolayer of 1,2-bis(4-pyridyl)ethylene (bpe) on epitaxial graphene is investigated by low-energy electron diffraction and scanning tunneling microscopy. Additionally, nonequilibrium heat-transfer between bpe and the surface is studied by ultrafast low-energy electron diffraction. Bpe arranges in an oblique unit cell which is not commensurate with the substrate. Six different rotational and/or mirror domains, in which the molecular unit cell is rotated by 28 +/- 0.1 degrees with respect to the graphene surface, are identified. The molecules are weakly physisorbed, as evidenced by the fact that they readily desorb at room temperature. At liquid nitrogen temperature, however, the layers are stable and time-resolved experiments can be performed. The temperature changes of the molecules and the surface can be measured independently through the Debye-Waller factor of their individual diffraction features. Thus, the heat flow between bpe and the surface can be monitored on a picosecond timescale. The time-resolved measurements, in combination with model simulations, show the existence of three relevant thermal barriers between the different layers. The thermal boundary resistance between the molecular layer and graphene is found to be 2 +/- 1 x 10(-8) K m(2) W-1.