Nano Research, volume 8, issue 5, pages 1535-1545

Contracted interlayer distance in graphene/sapphire heterostructure

Entani Shiro 1
Avramov Pavel V. 1, 4
Ohtomo Manabu 1
Matsumoto Yoshihiro 1
Hirao Norie 5
SHIMOYAMA IWAO 5
Naramoto Hiroshi 1
BABA Yuji 5
Sorokin Pavel B. 1, 2, 6
Sakai Seiji 1
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2015-01-15
Journal: Nano Research
Quartile SCImago
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Quartile WOS
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Impact factor9.9
ISSN19980124, 19980000
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Condensed Matter Physics
General Materials Science
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Abstract
Direct growth of graphene on insulators is expected to yield significant improvements in performance of graphene-based electronic and spintronic devices. In this study, we successfully reveal the atomic arrangement and electronic properties of a coherent heterostructure of single-layer graphene and α-Al2O3(0001). The analysis of the atomic arrangement of single-layer graphene on α-Al2O3(0001) revealed an apparentcontradiction. The in-plane analysis shows that single-layer graphene grows not in a single-crystalline epitaxial manner, but rather in polycrystalline form, with two strongly pronounced preferred orientations. This suggests relatively weak interfacial interactions are operative. However, we demonstrate that unusually strong physical interactions between graphene and α-Al2O3(0001) exist, as evidenced by the small separation between the graphene and the α-Al2O3(0001) surface. The interfacial interaction is shown to be dominated by the electrostatic forces involved in the graphene π-system and the unsaturated electrons of the topmost O layer of α-Al2O3(0001), rather than the van der Waals interactions. Such features causes graphene hole doping and enable the graphene to slide on the α-Al2O3(0001) surface with only a small energy barrier despite the strong interfacial interactions.

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Entani S. et al. Contracted interlayer distance in graphene/sapphire heterostructure // Nano Research. 2015. Vol. 8. No. 5. pp. 1535-1545.
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Entani S., Antipina L. Yu., Avramov P. V., Ohtomo M., Matsumoto Y., Hirao N., SHIMOYAMA I., Naramoto H., BABA Y., Sorokin P. B., Sakai S. Contracted interlayer distance in graphene/sapphire heterostructure // Nano Research. 2015. Vol. 8. No. 5. pp. 1535-1545.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1007/s12274-014-0640-7
UR - https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs12274-014-0640-7
TI - Contracted interlayer distance in graphene/sapphire heterostructure
T2 - Nano Research
AU - Ohtomo, Manabu
AU - Matsumoto, Yoshihiro
AU - Hirao, Norie
AU - SHIMOYAMA, IWAO
AU - Naramoto, Hiroshi
AU - BABA, Yuji
AU - Sorokin, Pavel B.
AU - Entani, Shiro
AU - Antipina, Liubov Yu
AU - Avramov, Pavel V.
AU - Sakai, Seiji
PY - 2015
DA - 2015/01/15 00:00:00
PB - Springer Nature
SP - 1535-1545
IS - 5
VL - 8
SN - 1998-0124
SN - 1998-0000
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@article{2015_Entani,
author = {Manabu Ohtomo and Yoshihiro Matsumoto and Norie Hirao and IWAO SHIMOYAMA and Hiroshi Naramoto and Yuji BABA and Pavel B. Sorokin and Shiro Entani and Liubov Yu Antipina and Pavel V. Avramov and Seiji Sakai},
title = {Contracted interlayer distance in graphene/sapphire heterostructure},
journal = {Nano Research},
year = {2015},
volume = {8},
publisher = {Springer Nature},
month = {jan},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs12274-014-0640-7},
number = {5},
pages = {1535--1545},
doi = {10.1007/s12274-014-0640-7}
}
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Entani, Shiro, et al. “Contracted interlayer distance in graphene/sapphire heterostructure.” Nano Research, vol. 8, no. 5, Jan. 2015, pp. 1535-1545. https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs12274-014-0640-7.
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