Morphology of graphene thin film growth on SiC(0001)

作者:Ohta Taisuke*; El Gabaly Farid; Bostwick Aaron; McChesney Jessica L; Emtsev Konstantin V; Schmid Andreas K; Seyller Thomas; Horn Karsten; Rotenberg Eli
来源:New Journal of Physics, 2008, 10(2): 023034.
DOI:10.1088/1367-2630/10/2/023034

摘要

Epitaxial films of graphene on SiC(0001) are interesting from a basic physics as well as an applications-oriented point of view. Here, we study the emerging morphology of in vacuo prepared graphene films using low-energy electron microscopy (LEEM) and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES). We obtain an identification of single-layer and bilayer graphene films by comparing the characteristic features in electron reflectivity spectra in LEEM to the pi-band structure as revealed by ARPES. We demonstrate that LEEM serves as a tool to accurately determine the local extent of graphene layers as well as the layer thickness.

  • 出版日期2008-2-21