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经由小直径纳米管形成的低能量石墨烯边缘终止

Low energy graphene edge termination via small diameter nanotube formation

Viktoria V. Ivanovskaya, Alberto Zobelli, Philipp Wagner, Malcolm I. Heggie, Patrick R. Briddon, Mark J. Rayson, Chris P. Ewels

摘要:

我们证明了自由石墨烯片边缘可以卷曲回自己,重建为纳米管。这导致比文献中迄今报道的任何其他非官能化边缘结构更低的形成能。我们确定的临界管的尺寸和形成障碍,并与密度泛函模拟的其他边缘终端,包括一个新的重建克莱因边缘。模拟的高分辨率电子显微镜图像显示了为什么这种卷边可能难以检测。卷起的锯齿形边缘用作金属导电通道,通过绝缘sp $^3$ -碳原子链与相邻的块状石墨烯分离,并将Van Hove奇点引入石墨烯态密度中。

英文摘要:

We demonstrate that free graphene sheet edges can curl back on themselves,reconstructing as nanotubes. This results in lower formation energies than any other non-functionalised edge structure reported to date in the literature. We determine the critical tube size and formation barrier and compare with density functional simulations of other edge terminations including a new reconstructed Klein edge. Simulated high resolution electron microscopy images show why such rolled edges may be difficult to detect. Rolled zigzag edges serve as metallic conduction channels, separated from the neighbouring bulk graphene by a chain of insulating sp$^3$-carbon atoms, and introduce Van Hove singularities into the graphene density of states.

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