• 文献标题:   Fabrication and manipulation of nanosized graphene homojunction with atomically-controlled boundaries
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   CHEN H, BAO DL, WANG DF, QUE YD, XIAO WD, ZHANG YY, SUN JT, DU SX, GAO HJ
  • 作者关键词:   homojunction, graphene nanoisland, manipulation, grain boundarie, twisted stacking
  • 出版物名称:   NANO RESEARCH
  • ISSN:   1998-0124 EI 1998-0000
  • 通讯作者地址:   Inst Phys
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1007/s12274-020-3004-5 EA SEP 2020
  • 出版年:   2020

▎ 摘  要

Controlling the atomic configurations of structural defects in graphene nanostructures is crucial for achieving desired functionalities. Here, we report the controlled fabrication of high-quality single-crystal and bicrystal graphene nanoislands (GNI) through a unique top-down etching and post-annealing procedure on a graphite surface. Low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) combined with density functional theory calculations reveal that most of grain boundaries (GBs) formed on the bicrystal GNIs are 5-7-5-7 GBs. Two nanodomains separated by a 5-7-5-7 GB are AB stacking and twisted stacking with respect to the underlying graphite substrate and exhibit distinct electronic properties, forming a graphene homojunction. In addition, we construct homojunctions with alternative AB/twisted stacking nanodomains separated by parallel 5-7-5-7 GBs. Remarkably, the stacking orders of homojunctions are manipulated from AB/twist into twist/twist type through a STM tip. The controllable fabrication and manipulation of graphene homojunctions with 5-7-5-7 GBs and distinct stacking orders open an avenue for the construction of GBs-based devices in valleytronics and twistronics.