Triphenylene adsorption on Cu(111) and relevant graphene self-assembly
Chen Qiao-Yue1, Song Jun-Jie3, Jing Liwei1, Huang Kaikai1, He Pimo1, 2, ‡, Zhang Hanjie1, †
       

(a) STM image of graphene coexistence with TP molecules (60 nm × 60 nm, VT = −0.530 V, IT = 0.972 nA). (b) Line profile along the yellow straight line outlined in Fig. 3(a), and the apparent height of graphene and TP is around 85 pm and 48 pm, respectivley. (c) STM image of graphene on Cu (111) with a periodicity of 1.35 nm (15 nm × 15 nm, VT = −0.183 V, IT = 0.403 nA). (d) High resolution STM image (6 nm × 6 nm, VT = −0.429 V, IT = 0.032 nA), and the supercell is indicated by the basic vectors A = B = 1.35 nm. (e) The definition of 10° misorientation angle between graphene and Cu(111). (f) Simulation result through simply align graphene to Cu(111) with 10° rotation and the superscell is ( 27×27 )R20.3°, as outlined with yellow rhombus. The blue balls represent carbons and brown, red, black balls represent the first, second, third layer copper atoms. The fcc, hcp, and atop adsorption sites have been marked with yellow circles to describe the location of carbon rings on Cu(111).