High-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy study of the ordering transition of an amorphous carbon layer into graphene on ruthenium(0001)

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 154-164

  Günther, Sebastian ^a   Dänhardt, Sebastian ^b   Ehrensperger, Martin ^b   Zeller, Patrick ^b   Schmitt, Stefan ^c   Wintterlin, Joost ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c SPECS SURFACE NANO ANALYSIS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CVD; disorder order transition; ethylene; graphene; high temperature STM; Ru(0001); TPD

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON LAYER; C ATOMS; CARBON COVERAGE; CARBON LAYERS; CHEMICAL METHOD; DISORDER-ORDER TRANSITIONS; DISORDERED CARBON; ETHYLENE MOLECULES; FUNCTION OF TIME; GRAPHENE LAYERS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOLE EDGE; ORDERING TRANSITIONS; RESIDUAL HYDROGEN; RU(0001);

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ETHYLENE; RUTHENIUM; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION;

GRAPHENE;

CARBON; NANOMATERIAL; RUTHENIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HEAT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CARBON; HOT TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, SCANNING TUNNELING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; RUTHENIUM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872832921     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn303468j     Document Type: Article

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