• 文献标题:   Investigation of CVD graphene as-grown on Cu foil using simultaneous scanning tunneling/atomic force microscopy
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JADIDI MF, KAMBER U, GURLU O, OZER HO
  • 作者关键词:   atomic force microscopy, cvd graphene, scanning tunneling microscopy, simultaneous operation, small amplitude
  • 出版物名称:   BEILSTEIN JOURNAL OF NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   2190-4286
  • 通讯作者地址:   Istanbul Tech Univ
  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.3762/bjnano.9.274
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of graphene reveal either a triangular or honeycomb pattern at the atomic scale depending on the imaging parameters. The triangular patterns at the atomic scale are particularly difficult to interpret, as the maxima in the images could be every other carbon atom in the six-fold hexagonal array or even a hollow site. Carbon sites exhibit an inequivalent electronic structure in HOPG or multilayer graphene due to the presence of a carbon atom or a hollow site underneath. In this work, we report small-amplitude, simultaneous STM/AFM imaging using a metallic (tungsten) tip, of the graphene surface as-grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on Cu foils. Truly simultaneous operation is possible only with the use of small oscillation amplitudes. Under a typical STM imaging regime the force interaction is found to be repulsive. Force-distance spectroscopy revealed a maximum attractive force of about 7 nN between the tip and carbon/hollow sites. We obtained different contrast between force and STM topography images for atomic features. A honeycomb pattern showing all six carbon atoms is revealed in AFM images. In one contrast type, simultaneously acquired STM topography revealed hollow sites to be brighter. In another, a triangular array with maxima located in between the two carbon atoms was acquired in STM topography.