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Interfacial carbon nanoplatelet formation by ion irradiation of graphene on Iridium(111)

Autor(en)
Charlotte Herbig, E. H. Ahlgren, Wouter Jolie, Carsten Busse, Jani Kotakoski, Arkady V. Krasheninnikov, Thomas Michely
Abstrakt

We expose epitaxial graphene (Gr) on Ir(111) to low-energy noble gas ion irradiation and investigate by scanning tunneling microscopy and atomistic simulations the behavior of C atoms detached from Gr due to ion impacts. Consistent with our density functional theory calculations, upon annealing Gr nanoplatelets nucleate at the Gr/Ir(111) interface from trapped C atoms initially displaced with momentum toward the substrate. Making use of the nanoplatelet formation phenomenon, we measure the trapping yield as a function of ion energy and species and compare the values to those obtained using molecular dynamics simulations. Thereby, complementary to the sputtering yield, the trapping yield is established as a quantity characterizing the response of supported 2D materials to ion exposure. Our findings shed light on the microscopic mechanisms of defect production in supported 2D materials under ion irradiation and pave the way toward precise control of such systems by ion beam engineering.

Organisation(en)
Physik Nanostrukturierter Materialien
Externe Organisation(en)
Universität zu Köln, University of Helsinki, Aalto University
Journal
ACS Nano
Band
8
Seiten
12208-12218
Anzahl der Seiten
11
ISSN
1936-0851
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/nn503874n
Publikationsdatum
2014
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
210006 Nanotechnologie, 103008 Experimentalphysik, 103009 Festkörperphysik
Schlagwörter
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Allgemeiner Maschinenbau, Allgemeine Physik und Astronomie, Allgemeine Materialwissenschaften
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https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/de/publications/c4a21603-c78e-4ddc-a779-c2fd108215fd