Epitaxial graphene-encapsulated surface reconstruction of Ge(110)
Abstract
Understanding and engineering the properties of crystalline surfaces has been critical in achieving functional electronics at the nanoscale. Employing scanning tunneling microscopy, surface x-ray diffraction, and high-resolution x-ray reflectivity experiments, we present a thorough study of epitaxial graphene (EG)/Ge(110) and report a Ge(110) "6 x 2" reconstruction stabilized by the presence of epitaxial graphene unseen in group-IV semiconductor surfaces. As a result, X-ray studies reveal that graphene resides atop the surface reconstruction with a 0.34 nm van der Waals (vdW) gap and provides protection from ambient degradation.
- Authors:
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- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI (United States)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); US Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR); Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1482106
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1433027
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2; Journal Issue: 4; Journal ID: ISSN 2475-9953
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Campbell, Gavin P., Kiraly, Brian, Jacobberger, Robert M., Mannix, Andrew J., Arnold, Michael S., Hersam, Mark C., Guisinger, Nathan P., and Bedzyk, Michael J. Epitaxial graphene-encapsulated surface reconstruction of Ge(110). United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.044004.
Campbell, Gavin P., Kiraly, Brian, Jacobberger, Robert M., Mannix, Andrew J., Arnold, Michael S., Hersam, Mark C., Guisinger, Nathan P., & Bedzyk, Michael J. Epitaxial graphene-encapsulated surface reconstruction of Ge(110). United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.044004
Campbell, Gavin P., Kiraly, Brian, Jacobberger, Robert M., Mannix, Andrew J., Arnold, Michael S., Hersam, Mark C., Guisinger, Nathan P., and Bedzyk, Michael J. Fri .
"Epitaxial graphene-encapsulated surface reconstruction of Ge(110)". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.044004. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1482106.
@article{osti_1482106,
title = {Epitaxial graphene-encapsulated surface reconstruction of Ge(110)},
author = {Campbell, Gavin P. and Kiraly, Brian and Jacobberger, Robert M. and Mannix, Andrew J. and Arnold, Michael S. and Hersam, Mark C. and Guisinger, Nathan P. and Bedzyk, Michael J.},
abstractNote = {Understanding and engineering the properties of crystalline surfaces has been critical in achieving functional electronics at the nanoscale. Employing scanning tunneling microscopy, surface x-ray diffraction, and high-resolution x-ray reflectivity experiments, we present a thorough study of epitaxial graphene (EG)/Ge(110) and report a Ge(110) "6 x 2" reconstruction stabilized by the presence of epitaxial graphene unseen in group-IV semiconductor surfaces. As a result, X-ray studies reveal that graphene resides atop the surface reconstruction with a 0.34 nm van der Waals (vdW) gap and provides protection from ambient degradation.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.044004},
journal = {Physical Review Materials},
number = 4,
volume = 2,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {4}
}
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