Graphene flakes obtained by local electro-exfoliation of graphite with a STM tip
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Título: | Graphene flakes obtained by local electro-exfoliation of graphite with a STM tip |
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Autor/es: | Rubio-Verdú, Carmen | Sáenz Arce, Giovanni | Martínez Asencio, Jesús | Costa Milán, David | Moaied, Mohammed | Palacios Burgos, Juan José | Caturla, Maria J. | Untiedt, Carlos |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Grupo de Nanofísica | Física de la Materia Condensada |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física Aplicada |
Palabras clave: | Graphene flakes | Electro-exfoliation | Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) | Graphite |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Física Aplicada | Física de la Materia Condensada |
Fecha de publicación: | 24-feb-2017 |
Editor: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Cita bibliográfica: | Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2017, 19: 8061-8068. doi:10.1039/C6CP07236D |
Resumen: | Graphite surfaces can be manipulated by several methods to create graphene structures of different shapes and sizes. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) can be used to create these structures either through mechanical contact between the tip and the surface or through electro-exfoliation. In the latter, the mechanisms involved in the process of exfoliation at an applied voltage are not fully understood. Here, we show how a graphite surface can be locally exfoliated in a systematic manner by applying an electrostatic force with a STM tip at the edge of a terrace, forming triangular flakes several nanometers in length. We demonstrate, through experiments and simulations, how these flakes are created by a two-step process: first a voltage ramp must be applied at the edge of the terrace, and then the tip must be scanned perpendicular to the edge. Ab initio electrostatic calculations reveal that the presence of charges on the graphite surface weakens the interaction between layers allowing for exfoliation at voltages in the same range as those used experimentally. Molecular dynamics simulations show that a force applied locally on the edge of a step produces triangular flakes such as those observed under STM. Our results provide new insights into surface modification that can be extended to other layered materials. |
Patrocinador/es: | GSA acknowledges the support of the CONICIT Costa Rica and Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica. This work was supported by the Generalitat Valenciana through grant references PROMETEO2012/011 and FPA/2013/A/081 and the Spanish government MINECO through grants FIS2010-21883, FIS2013-47328, MAT2016-78625-C2-1-P. JJP acknowledges financial support through the “María de Maeztu” Programme for Units of Excellence in R&D (MDM-2014-0377) and grant FIS2016-80434 from MINECO, the European Union structural funds and the Comunidad de Madrid under grant MAD2D no. S2013/MIT-3007. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/66519 |
ISSN: | 1463-9076 (Print) | 1463-9084 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1039/C6CP07236D |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © the Owner Societies 2017 |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6CP07236D |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - Grupo de Nanofísica - Artículos de Revistas INV - Física de la Materia Condensada - Artículos de Revistas |
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