Moiré patterns and step edges on few-layer graphene grown on nickel films

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/23/11/116801

Abstract Few-layer graphene grown on Ni thin films has been studied by scanning tunneling microscopy. In most areas on the surfaces, moiré patterns resulted from rotational stacking faults were observed. At a bias lower than 200 mV, only one sublattice shows up in regions without moiré patterns while both sublattices are seen in regions with moiré pattens. This phenomenon can be used to identify AB stacked regions. The scattering characteristics at various types of step edges are different from those of monolayer graphene edges, either armchair or zigzag.

Keywords: scanning tunneling microscopy few-layer graphene stacking order step edge

Received: 21 April 2014
Revised: 14 May 2014
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PACS:	68.37.Ef	(Scanning tunneling microscopy (including chemistry induced with STM))
	68.65.Cd	(Superlattices)
	73.21.Cd	(Superlattices)
	73.22.Pr	(Electronic structure of graphene)

Fund: Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2012CB921300), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11074005 and 91021007), and the Chinese Ministry of Education.

Corresponding Authors: Hu Zong-Hai
E-mail: zhhu@pku.edu.cn

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Ke Fen (柯芬), Yin Xiu-Li (尹秀丽), Tong Nai (佟鼐), Lin Chen-Fang (林陈昉), Liu Nan (刘楠), Zhao Ru-Guang (赵汝光), Fu Lei (付磊), Liu Zhong-Fan (刘忠范), Hu Zong-Hai (胡宗海) Moiré patterns and step edges on few-layer graphene grown on nickel films 2014 Chin. Phys. B 23 116801

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