Real-time observation of epitaxial graphene domain reorientation
Abstract
Graphene films grown by vapour deposition tend to be polycrystalline due to the nucleation and growth of islands with different in-plane orientations. Here, using low-energy electron microscopy, we find that micron-sized graphene islands on Ir(111) rotate to a preferred orientation during thermal annealing. We observe three alignment mechanisms: the simultaneous growth of aligned domains and dissolution of rotated domains, that is, ‘ripening’; domain boundary motion within islands; and continuous lattice rotation of entire domains. By measuring the relative growth velocity of domains during ripening, we estimate that the driving force for alignment is on the order of 0.1 meV per C atom and increases with rotation angle. A simple model of the orientation-dependent energy associated with the moiré corrugation of the graphene sheet due to local variations in the graphene–substrate interaction reproduces the results. This study suggests new strategies for improving the van der Waals epitaxy of 2D materials.
- Authors:
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- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1235318
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-2015-2564J
Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723; 579878
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC04-94AL85000
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; physical sciences; materials science; nanotechnology
Citation Formats
Thuermer, Konrad, Foster, Michael E., Bartelt, Norman Charles, Rogge, Paul C., McCarty, Kevin F., Dubon, Oscar D., and Bartelt, Norman C. Real-time observation of epitaxial graphene domain reorientation. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms7880.
Thuermer, Konrad, Foster, Michael E., Bartelt, Norman Charles, Rogge, Paul C., McCarty, Kevin F., Dubon, Oscar D., & Bartelt, Norman C. Real-time observation of epitaxial graphene domain reorientation. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7880
Thuermer, Konrad, Foster, Michael E., Bartelt, Norman Charles, Rogge, Paul C., McCarty, Kevin F., Dubon, Oscar D., and Bartelt, Norman C. Mon .
"Real-time observation of epitaxial graphene domain reorientation". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7880. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1235318.
@article{osti_1235318,
title = {Real-time observation of epitaxial graphene domain reorientation},
author = {Thuermer, Konrad and Foster, Michael E. and Bartelt, Norman Charles and Rogge, Paul C. and McCarty, Kevin F. and Dubon, Oscar D. and Bartelt, Norman C.},
abstractNote = {Graphene films grown by vapour deposition tend to be polycrystalline due to the nucleation and growth of islands with different in-plane orientations. Here, using low-energy electron microscopy, we find that micron-sized graphene islands on Ir(111) rotate to a preferred orientation during thermal annealing. We observe three alignment mechanisms: the simultaneous growth of aligned domains and dissolution of rotated domains, that is, ‘ripening’; domain boundary motion within islands; and continuous lattice rotation of entire domains. By measuring the relative growth velocity of domains during ripening, we estimate that the driving force for alignment is on the order of 0.1 meV per C atom and increases with rotation angle. A simple model of the orientation-dependent energy associated with the moiré corrugation of the graphene sheet due to local variations in the graphene–substrate interaction reproduces the results. This study suggests new strategies for improving the van der Waals epitaxy of 2D materials.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms7880},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 4,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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