Scanning transmission electron microscopy of metal-graphene interaction

R. Zan, U. Bangert, Q. Ramasse, K. S. Novoselov

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Abstract

Metal impurities, gold, chromium and titanium, have been deliberately introduced into graphene. The structural and topographic properties of doped graphene have then been studied by using conventional transmission electron and aberration corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy. Analysis revealed that metal atoms cluster preferentially in/on contaminated areas. Contrarily to observations that gold atoms do not adhere to clean patches of monolayer graphene, chromium and titanium were found to be more reactive with clean monolayer graphene, and the coverage was higher than for gold for the same evaporated amount.

Original languageEnglish
Article number012069
JournalJournal of Physics: Conference Series
Volume371
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
EventElectron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference 2011, EMAG 2011 - Birmingham, United Kingdom
Duration: 6 Sep 20119 Sep 2011

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