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Molecular beam epitaxy of graphene on ultra-smooth nickel: growth mode and substrate interactions [article]

J.M. Wofford, M.H. Oliveira Jr, T. Schumann, B. Jenichen, M. Ramsteiner, U. Jahn, S. Fölsch, J.M.J. Lopes, H. Riechert, University, My, University, My
2020

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Graphene is grown by molecular beam epitaxy using epitaxial Ni films on MgO(111) as substrates. Raman spectroscopy and scanning tunneling microscopy reveal the graphene films to have few crystalline defects. While the layers are ultra-smooth over large areas, we find that Ni surface features lead to local non-uniformly thick graphene inclusions. The influence of the Ni surface structure on the position and morphology of these inclusions strongly suggests that multilayer graphene on Ni forms at
more » ... he interface of the first complete layer and metal substrate in a growth-from-below mechanism. The interplay between Ni surface features and graphene growth behavior may facilitate the production of films with spatially resolved multilayer inclusions through engineered substrate surface morphology.
doi:10.34657/94 fatcat:yad2yl6uf5fojnzoc5ygykkfcy
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J.M. Wofford, M.H. Oliveira Jr, T. Schumann, B. Jenichen, M. Ramsteiner, U. Jahn, S. Fölsch, J.M.J. Lopes, H. Riechert, University, My, University, My. "Molecular beam epitaxy of graphene on ultra-smooth nickel: growth mode and substrate interactions." (2020)