• 文献标题:   Graphene Induced Surface Reconstruction of Cu
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TIAN JF, CAO HL, WU W, YU QK, GUISINGER NP, CHEN YP
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, cu, stm, strain, surface reconstruction, dislocation
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Argonne Natl Lab
  • 被引频次:   50
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl3002974
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

An atomic-scale study utilizing scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) in ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) is performed on large single crystalline graphene grains synthesized on Cu foil by a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. After thermal annealing, we observe the presence of periodic surface depressions (stripe patterns) that exhibit long-range order formed in the area of Cu covered by graphene. We suggest that the observed stripe pattern is a Cu surface reconstruction formed by partial dislocations (which appeared to be stair-rod-like) resulting from the strain induced by the graphene overlayer. In addition, these graphene grains are shown to be more decoupled from the Cu substrate compared to previously studied grains that exhibited Moire patterns.