Interplay between intercalated oxygen superstructures and monolayer -BN on Cu(100)
Abstract
The confinement effect of intercalated atoms in van der Waals heterostructures can lead to interesting interactions between the confined atoms or molecules and the overlaying two-dimensional (2D) materials. In this paper, we report the formation of ordered Cu(100) p(2×2) oxygen superstructures by oxygen intercalation under the monolayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) on Cu after annealing. By using scanning tunneling microscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, we identify the superstructure and reveal its roles in passivating the exposed Cu surfaces, decoupling h-BN and Cu, and disintegrating h-BN monolayers. The oxygen superstructure appears as a 2D pattern on the exposed Cu surface or quasi-1D stripes of paired oxygen intercalated in the interface of h-BN and Cu predominantly oriented along the moiré modulations. The oxygen superstructure is shown to etch the overlaying h-BN monolayer in a thermal annealing process. After extended annealing, the h-BN monolayer disintegrates into nanoislands with zigzag edges. Finally, we discuss the implications of these findings on the stability and oxidation resistance of h-BN and relate them to challenges in process integration and 2D heterostructures.
- Authors:
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- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Korea Research Inst. of Standards and Science, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of); Korea Univ. of Science and Technology, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of). Dept. of Nano Science
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1302884
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1298339
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 94; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Citation Formats
Ma, Chuanxu, Park, Jewook, Liu, Lei, Kim, Yong-Sung, Yoon, Mina, Baddorf, Arthur P., Gu, Gong, and Li, An-Ping. Interplay between intercalated oxygen superstructures and monolayer h -BN on Cu(100). United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.064106.
Ma, Chuanxu, Park, Jewook, Liu, Lei, Kim, Yong-Sung, Yoon, Mina, Baddorf, Arthur P., Gu, Gong, & Li, An-Ping. Interplay between intercalated oxygen superstructures and monolayer h -BN on Cu(100). United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.064106
Ma, Chuanxu, Park, Jewook, Liu, Lei, Kim, Yong-Sung, Yoon, Mina, Baddorf, Arthur P., Gu, Gong, and Li, An-Ping. Thu .
"Interplay between intercalated oxygen superstructures and monolayer h -BN on Cu(100)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.064106. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1302884.
@article{osti_1302884,
title = {Interplay between intercalated oxygen superstructures and monolayer h -BN on Cu(100)},
author = {Ma, Chuanxu and Park, Jewook and Liu, Lei and Kim, Yong-Sung and Yoon, Mina and Baddorf, Arthur P. and Gu, Gong and Li, An-Ping},
abstractNote = {The confinement effect of intercalated atoms in van der Waals heterostructures can lead to interesting interactions between the confined atoms or molecules and the overlaying two-dimensional (2D) materials. In this paper, we report the formation of ordered Cu(100) p(2×2) oxygen superstructures by oxygen intercalation under the monolayer hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) on Cu after annealing. By using scanning tunneling microscopy and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, we identify the superstructure and reveal its roles in passivating the exposed Cu surfaces, decoupling h-BN and Cu, and disintegrating h-BN monolayers. The oxygen superstructure appears as a 2D pattern on the exposed Cu surface or quasi-1D stripes of paired oxygen intercalated in the interface of h-BN and Cu predominantly oriented along the moiré modulations. The oxygen superstructure is shown to etch the overlaying h-BN monolayer in a thermal annealing process. After extended annealing, the h-BN monolayer disintegrates into nanoislands with zigzag edges. Finally, we discuss the implications of these findings on the stability and oxidation resistance of h-BN and relate them to challenges in process integration and 2D heterostructures.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.94.064106},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 6,
volume = 94,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Aug 18 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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