Gonzalez-Herrero, Hector, Pou, Pablo ORCID: 0000-0002-5854-8218, Lobo-Checa, Jorge ORCID: 0000-0003-2698-2543, Fernandez-Torre, Delia, Craes, Fabian, Martinez-Galera, Antonio J., Ugeda, Miguel M., Corso, Martina ORCID: 0000-0002-8592-1284, Enrique Ortega, J., Gomez-Rodriguez, Jose M., Perez, Ruben ORCID: 0000-0001-5896-541X and Brihuega, Ivan ORCID: 0000-0001-5032-9304 (2016). Graphene Tunable Transparency to Tunneling Electrons: A Direct Tool To Measure the Local Coupling. ACS Nano, 10 (5). S. 5131 - 5145. WASHINGTON: AMER CHEMICAL SOC. ISSN 1936-086X

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Abstract

The local interaction between graphene and a host substrate strongly determines the actual properties of the graphene layer. Here we show that scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) can selectively help to visualize either the graphene layer or the substrate underneath, or even both at the same time, providing a comprehensive picture of this coupling with atomic precision and high energy resolution. We demonstrate this for graphene on Cu(111). Our spectroscopic data show that, in the vicinity of the Fermi level, graphene pi bands are well preserved presenting a small n-doping induced by Cu(111) surface state electrons. Such results are corroborated by Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectra (ARPES) and Density Functional Theory with van der Waals (DFT + vdW) calculations. Graphene tunable transparency also allows the investigation of the interaction between the substrate and foreign species (such as atomic H or C vacancies) on the graphene layer. Our calculations explain graphene tunable transparency in terms of the rather different decay lengths of the graphene Dirac pi states and the metal surface state, suggesting that it should apply to a good number of graphene/substrate systems.

Item Type: Journal Article
Creators:
CreatorsEmailORCIDORCID Put Code
Gonzalez-Herrero, HectorUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Pou, PabloUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-5854-8218UNSPECIFIED
Lobo-Checa, JorgeUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0003-2698-2543UNSPECIFIED
Fernandez-Torre, DeliaUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Craes, FabianUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Martinez-Galera, Antonio J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Ugeda, Miguel M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Corso, MartinaUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0002-8592-1284UNSPECIFIED
Enrique Ortega, J.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Gomez-Rodriguez, Jose M.UNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIEDUNSPECIFIED
Perez, RubenUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-5896-541XUNSPECIFIED
Brihuega, IvanUNSPECIFIEDorcid.org/0000-0001-5032-9304UNSPECIFIED
URN: urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-277470
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.6b00322
Journal or Publication Title: ACS Nano
Volume: 10
Number: 5
Page Range: S. 5131 - 5145
Date: 2016
Publisher: AMER CHEMICAL SOC
Place of Publication: WASHINGTON
ISSN: 1936-086X
Language: English
Faculty: Unspecified
Divisions: Unspecified
Subjects: no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:
KeywordsLanguage
EPITAXIAL GRAPHENE; DISPERSION; CONFINEMENT; CU(111); ORIGIN; GROWTH; FILMSMultiple languages
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary; Chemistry, Physical; Nanoscience & Nanotechnology; Materials Science, MultidisciplinaryMultiple languages
Refereed: Yes
URI: http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/27747

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