Metal-graphene interfaces in epitaxial and bulk systems: A review

M Yang, Y Liu, T Fan, D Zhang - Progress in Materials Science, 2020 - Elsevier
The prosperity of graphene in the past decade has provided us with both a versatile platform
for scientific studies and a multitude of solutions for technological applications. Interfacing …

Advances in two-dimensional heterostructures by mono-element intercalation underneath epitaxial graphene

S Wu, Q Zhang, H Yang, Y Ma, T Zhang, L Liu… - Progress in Surface …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) materials have displayed many remarkable physical
properties, including 2D superconductivity, magnetism, and layer-dependent bandgaps …

Nanoscale control of phonon excitations in graphene

HW Kim, W Ko, JY Ku, I Jeon, D Kim, H Kwon… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Phonons, which are collective excitations in a lattice of atoms or molecules, play a major role
in determining various physical properties of condensed matter, such as thermal and …

Unraveling the structural and electronic properties of graphene/Ge (110)

HW Kim, W Ko, WJ Joo, Y Cho, Y Oh… - The Journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
The direct growth of graphene on a semiconducting substrate opens a new avenue for future
graphene-based applications. Understanding the structural and electronic properties of the …

Formation mechanism, growth kinetics, and stability limits of graphene adlayers in metal‐catalyzed CVD growth

ZJ Wang, F Ding, G Eres, M Antonietti… - Advanced Materials …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A new mechanism by which catalytic chemical vapor deposition of graphene spontaneously
terminates at a single layer on Pt foils is discussed. This self‐limited growth regime is …

An atomic-scale view of the nucleation and growth of graphene islands on Pt surfaces

X Feng, J Wu, AT Bell, M Salmeron - The Journal of Physical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We study the nucleation and growth of epitaxial graphene on Pt (111) surfaces at the atomic
level using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Graphene nucleation occurs both near Pt …

Accessing the intrinsic spin transport in a topological insulator by controlling the crossover of bulk-to-surface conductance

W Ko, GD Nguyen, H Kim, JS Kim, XG Zhang, AP Li - Physical Review Letters, 2018 - APS
We report a method to control contributions of bulk and surface states in the topological
insulator Bi 2 Te 2 Se that allows accessing the spin-polarized transport endowed by …

Substitutional do** of Ag into epitaxial graphene on 6H-SiC substrates during thermal decomposition

X Liu, T Hu, Y Miao, D Ma, Z Yang, F Ma, K Xu, PK Chu - Carbon, 2016 - Elsevier
Controllable and damage-free do** of graphene is challenging because of the ultra-thin
nature of graphene. In this work, epitaxial graphene prepared by thermal decomposition of …

Edge morphology evolution of graphene domains during chemical vapor deposition cooling revealed through hydrogen etching

H Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Zhang, Z Chen, Y Sui, X Ge, G Yu… - Nanoscale, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
During cooling, considerable changes such as wrinkle formation and edge passivation
occur in graphene synthesized on the Cu substrate. Wrinkle formation is caused by the …

Recovery of edge states of graphene nanoislands on an iridium substrate by silicon intercalation

H Chen, Y Que, L Tao, YY Zhang, X Lin, W **ao… - Nano Research, 2018 - Springer
Finite-sized graphene sheets, such as graphene nanoislands (GNIs), are promising
candidates for practical applications in graphene-based nanoelectronics. GNIs with well …