Carbon Molecules on a Copper Substrate

Abstract:

Semiconductor and metal carbon nanotubes were studied by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectral ellipsometry. STM measurements with spatial resolution up to 0.15 nm reveal spatially complicated structure of semiconductor nanotube-substrate interface layer. The measurements also registered graphene nanoclusters with hexagonal rings structure on copper. Quantum mechanical numerical calculations of electron density were performed on a carbon nanotube containing 40 atoms.

• Periodical: Nano Hybrids (Volume 8)
• Pages: 1-14
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/NH.8.1
• Online since: December 2014
• Authors: Tamara Rozouvan, Igor Shaykevich, Stanislav Rozouvan
• Keywords: Carbon Nanotube (CN), Graphene Rings, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

References

[1] Nanotubes and Nanowires (Selected Topics in Electronics and Systems) by Peter John Burke, World Scientific Publishing Company, New York, (2007).

[2] S. Cho, Y.F. Chen, M.S. Fuhrer, Gate-tunable graphene spin valve. Appl. Phys. Lett. 91(12) (2007) 123105 (3 pages). http: /dx. doi. org/10. 1063/1. 2784934.

DOI: 10.1063/1.2784934

[3] F. Vialla, C. Roquelet, B. Langlois, G. Delport, S. Santos, E. Deleporte, P. Roussignol, C. Delalande, C. Voisin, J. -S. Lauret, Chirality Dependence of the Absorption Cross Section of Carbon Nanotubes. Phys. Rev. Lett. PRL 111 (2013) 137402.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.111.137402

[4] Z. Osvath, G. Vertesy, L. Tapaszto, F. Weber, Z. Horvath, J. Gyulai, L. Biro, Atomically resolved STM images of carbon nanotube defects produced by Ar+ irradiation. Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 72 (2005) 045429.

[5] M. Freitag, M. Radosavljevic, W. Clauss, A. T. Johnson, Local electronic properties of single-wall nanotube circuits measured by conducting-tip AFM, Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 62 (2000) 4.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.62.r2307

[6] B. Bhushan, X. Ling, Adhesion and friction between individual carbon nanotubes measured using force-versus-distance curves in atomic force microscopy, Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 78 (2008) 045429.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.78.045429

[7] T. Hertel, R. Walkup, P. Avouris, Deformation of carbon nanotubes by surface van der Waals forces, Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 58 (1998) 20.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.58.13870

[8] V. Meunier, Ph. Lambin, Tight-Binding Computation of the STM Image of Carbon Nanotubes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 81 N25 (1998) 5588-5591.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.81.5588

[9] P. Lambin, G.I. Mark, V. Meunier, L. Biro, Computation of STM Images of Carbon Nanotubes, Int. J. Quantum Chem. 95 (2003) 493-503.

DOI: 10.1002/qua.10587

[10] T. Odom, J. -L. Huang, C. Lieber, STM studies of single-walled carbon nanotubes, J. Phys. Condens. Matter14 (2002) R145-R167.

[11] L. Venema, V. Meunier, P. Lambin, C. Dekker, Atomic structure of carbon nanotubes from scanning tunneling microscopy, Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 61 N. 4 (2000) 2991-2996.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.61.2991

[12] P. Xu, Y. Yang, S. Barber, M. Ackerman, J. Schoelz, I. Kornev, S. Barraza-Lopez, L. Bellaiche, P. Thibado, Giant surface charge density of graphene resolved from scanning tunneling microscopy and first-principles theory, Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 84 (2011).

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.84.161409

[13] C. Lin, X. Huang, F. Ke, C. Jin, N. Tong, X. Yin, L. Gan, X. Guo, R. Zhao, W. Yang, E. Wang, Z. Hu, Quasi-one-dimensional graphene superlattices formed on high-index surfaces, Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 89 (2014) 085416.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.89.085416

[14] L. Biedermann, M. Bolen, M. Capano, D. Zemlyanov, R. Reifenberger, Insights into few-layer epitaxial graphene growth on 4H-SiC(0001) substrates from STM studies, Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 79 (2009) 125411.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.79.125411

[15] C. Riedl, U. Starke J. Bernhardt, M. Franke, K. Heinz, Structural properties of the graphene-SiC(0001) interface as a key for the preparation of homogeneous large-terrace graphene surfaces, Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 76 (2007) 245406.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.76.245406

[16] S. Nie, N. Bartelt, J. Wofford, O. Dubon, K. McCarty, K. Thuermer, Scanning tunneling microscopy study of graphene on Au(111): Growth mechanisms and substrate interactions, Phys. Rev. B: Condens. Matter 85 (2012) 205406.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.85.205406

[17] E. Voloshina, E. Fertitta, A. Garhofer, F. Mittendorfer, M. Fonin, A. Thissen, Yu. Dedkov Electronic structure and imaging contrast of graphene moiré on metals, Scientific Reports 3, (2013) Article number: 1072.

DOI: 10.1038/srep01072

[18] H. Kataura, Y. Kumazava, Y. Maniva, I. Umezu, S. Suzuki, Y. Ohtsuka, Y. Achiba, Optical properties of single-wall carbon nanotubes, Synth. Met. 103 (1999) 2555-2558.

DOI: 10.1016/s0379-6779(98)00278-1

[19] M. Ashino, A. Schwarz, T. Behnke, R. Wiesendanger, Atomic-Resolution Dynamic Force Microscopy and Spectroscopy of a Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube: Characterization of Interatomic van derWaals Forces, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93 (2004) 13.

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.93.136101

[20] M.S. Dresselhaus, G. Dresselhaus, P. Avouris (eds. ), Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis, Structure, Properties, and Applications of Topics in Applied Physics, vol. 80, Springer, Heidelberg, (2001).

DOI: 10.1007/3-540-39947-x

[21] M.W. Schmidt, K.K. Baldridge, J.A. Boatz, S.T. Elbert, M.S. Gordon, J.H. Jensen, S. Koseki, N. Matsunaga, K.A. Nguyen, S. Su, T.L. Windus, M. Dupuis, J.A. Montgomery, General Atomic and Molecular Electronic Structure System, J. Comput. Chem. 14 (1993).

DOI: 10.1002/jcc.540141112