• 文献标题:   Motion of Light Adatoms and Molecules on the Surface of Few-Layer Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SCHAFFEL F, WILSON M, WARNER JH
  • 作者关键词:   dynamic behavior of molecule, fewlayer graphene, lowvoltage transmission electron microscopy, tem simulation, molecular dynamics computer simulation
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Univ Oxford
  • 被引频次:   21
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn2036494
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

Low-voltage aberration-corrected transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is applied to Investigate the feasibility of continuous electron beam cleaning of graphene and monitor the removal of residual species as present on few-layer graphene (FLG) surfaces. This combined approach allows us to detect light adatoms and evaluate their discontinuous sporadic motional behavior. Furthermore, the formation and dynamic behavior of isolated molecules on the FLG surface can be captured. The preferential source of adatoms and adsorbed molecules appeared to be carbonaceous clusters accumulated from residual solvents on the graphene surface. TEM image simulations provide potential detail on the observed molecular structures. Molecular dynamics simulations confirm the experimentally observed dynamics occurring on the energy scale imposed by the presence of the 80 kV electron beam and help elucidate the underlying mechanisms.