• 文献标题:   Direct Imaging of Graphene Edges: Atomic Structure and Electronic Scattering
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   TIAN JF, CAO HL, WU W, YU QK, CHEN YP
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, stm, edge, zigzag, armchair, electronic scattering
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984
  • 通讯作者地址:   Purdue Univ
  • 被引频次:   67
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl201590f
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

We report an atomically resolved scanning tunneling microscopy investigation of the edges of graphene grains synthesized on Cu foils by chemical vapor deposition. Most of the edges are macroscopically parallel to the zigzag directions of graphene lattice. These edges have microscopic roughness that is found to also follow zigzag directions at atomic scale, displaying many similar to 120 degrees turns. A prominent standing wave pattern with periodicity similar to 3a/4 (a being the graphene lattice constant) is observed near a rare-occurring armchair-oriented edge. Observed features of this wave pattern are consistent with the electronic intervalley backscattering predicted to occur at armchair edges but not at zigzag edges.