• 文献标题:   Influence of interface interaction on the moire superstructures of graphene on transition-metal substrates
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GAO L, LIU YM, SHI RY, MA TB, HU YZ, LUO JB
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  • 出版物名称:   RSC ADVANCES
  • ISSN:   2046-2069
  • 通讯作者地址:   Tsinghua Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1039/c6ra28384e
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

The formation of moire superstructures between graphene and its underlying substrate has attracted significant attention because it significantly influences the morphology and properties of graphene. Through the density functional theory (DFT) calculations conducted on graphene/Re(0001) and graphene/Ir(111) moire superstructures, we found that in contrast to the strain-driven moire superstructure of graphene on weak van der Waals interacting Ir(111) substrate, the interfacial interaction dominates in the moire superstructure of graphene on the covalently interacting Re(0001) substrate. A large strain is exerted on graphene to facilitate the interfacial interaction between graphene and Re(0001) substrate, which markedly reduces the interfacial interaction energy and stabilizes the graphene/Re(0001) moire superstructure. The strong covalent interaction between graphene and Re(0001) substrate is closely related to the hybridization between C 2p(z) orbital and Re 5d(z)(2) orbital, which is absent in the weak van der Waals interacting graphene/Ir(111) moire superstructure.