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Aristov VY, Chaika AN, Molodtsova OV, Babenkov SV, Locatelli A, Menteş TO, Sala A, Potorochin D, Marchenko D, Murphy B, Walls B, Zhussupbekov K, Shvets IV. Layer-by-Layer Graphene Growth on β-SiC/Si(001). ACS Nano 2019; 13:526-535. [PMID: 30525448 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.8b07237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
The mechanism of few-layer graphene growth on the technologically relevant cubic-SiC/Si(001) substrate is uncovered using high-resolution core-level and angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy, low-energy electron microscopy, and microspot low-energy electron diffraction. The thickness of the graphitic overlayer supported on the silicon carbide substrate and related changes in the surface structure are precisely controlled by monitoring the progress of the surface graphitization in situ during high-temperature graphene synthesis, using a combination of microspectroscopic techniques. The experimental data reveal gradual changes in the preferential graphene lattice orientations at the initial stages of the few-layer graphene growth on SiC(001) and can act as reference data for controllable growth of single-, double-, and triple-layer graphene on silicon carbide substrates.
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Affiliation(s)
- Victor Yu Aristov
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestrasse 85 , D-22607 Hamburg , Germany
- Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences , 2 Academician Ossipyan Street , Chernogolovka , Moscow District 142432 , Russian Federation
| | - Alexander N Chaika
- Institute of Solid State Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences , 2 Academician Ossipyan Street , Chernogolovka , Moscow District 142432 , Russian Federation
- CRANN, School of Physics , Trinity College Dublin , Dublin 2 , Ireland
| | - Olga V Molodtsova
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestrasse 85 , D-22607 Hamburg , Germany
- National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics , Kronverksky prospekt 49 , 197101 Saint Petersburg , Russian Federation
| | - Sergey V Babenkov
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestrasse 85 , D-22607 Hamburg , Germany
- Institut für Physik , Johannes Gutenberg-Universität , Staudingerweg 7 , D-55099 Mainz , Germany
| | - Andrea Locatelli
- Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34149 Basovizza , Trieste , Italy
| | - Tevfik Onur Menteş
- Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34149 Basovizza , Trieste , Italy
| | - Alessandro Sala
- Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste S.C.p.A. , S.S. 14 km 163.5 in AREA Science Park, I-34149 Basovizza , Trieste , Italy
| | - Dmitrii Potorochin
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY , Notkestrasse 85 , D-22607 Hamburg , Germany
- National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics , Kronverksky prospekt 49 , 197101 Saint Petersburg , Russian Federation
- Institute of Experimental Physics , TU Bergakademie Freiberg , Leipziger Straße 23 , D-09599 Freiberg , Germany
| | - Dmitry Marchenko
- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie , Albert-Einstein-Straße 15 , D-12489 Berlin , Germany
| | - Barry Murphy
- CRANN, School of Physics , Trinity College Dublin , Dublin 2 , Ireland
| | - Brian Walls
- CRANN, School of Physics , Trinity College Dublin , Dublin 2 , Ireland
| | | | - Igor V Shvets
- CRANN, School of Physics , Trinity College Dublin , Dublin 2 , Ireland
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