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Room temperature observation of the correlation between atomic and electronic structure of graphene on Cu(110)

Abstract

In this work we have used atomically-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy to study the interplay between the atomic and electronic structure of graphene formed on copper via chemical vapor deposition. Scanning tunneling microscopy directly revealed the epitaxial match between a single layer of graphene and the underlying copper substrate in different crystallographic orientations. Using scanning tunneling spectroscopy we have directly measured the electronic density of states of graphene layers near the Fermi level, observing the appearance of a series of peaks in specific cases. These features were analyzed in terms of substrate-induced perturbations in the structural and electronic properties of graphene by means of atomistic models supported by density functional theory calculations.

Graphical abstract: Room temperature observation of the correlation between atomic and electronic structure of graphene on Cu(110)

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
19 May 2016
Accepted
04 Oct 2016
First published
05 Oct 2016

RSC Adv., 2016,6, 98001-98009

Room temperature observation of the correlation between atomic and electronic structure of graphene on Cu(110)

T. Chagas, T. H. R. Cunha, M. J. S. Matos, D. D. dos Reis, K. A. S. Araujo, A. Malachias, M. S. C. Mazzoni, A. S. Ferlauto and R. Magalhaes-Paniago, RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 98001 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA13058E

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