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超高真空退火剥离少层黑磷的STM研究

STM Study of Exfoliated Few Layer Black Phosphorus Annealed in Ultrahigh Vacuum

Abhishek Kumar, F. Telesio, S. Forti, A. Al-Temimy, C. Coletti, M. Serrano-Ruiz, M. Caporali, M. Peruzzini, F. Beltram, S. Heun

摘要:

黑磷(bP)已经成为二维材料类别中一个有趣的补充。对这种材料的表面科学研究非常感兴趣,但它们受到bP对氧气和水的高反应性的阻碍,这是扫描隧道显微镜(STM)实验的一个主要挑战。因此,这些研究中的绝大多数都是通过原位切割大块晶体来进行的。在这里,我们提出了一个研究的表面改性剥离后的磷酸盐薄片连续退火步骤,高达550 ℃,远高于升华温度的磷酸盐。特别是,我们的注意力集中在375 C - 400 C的温度范围内,当升华开始时,从表面的受控脱附发生在形成特征良好排列的陨石坑的同时。关于这些陨石坑的晶体学方向,文献中有一个公开的争论,它们是沿着Z字形还是扶手椅方向排列。由于STM提供的原子分辨率,我们能够确定陨石坑相对于bP晶体的方向:陨石坑的长轴沿着bP的Z字形方向排列。这使我们能够解决争议,而且,提供洞察力的基础解吸机制导致陨石坑的形成。

英文摘要:

Black Phosphorus (bP) has emerged as an interesting addition to the category of two-dimensional materials. Surface-science studies on this material are of great interest, but they are hampered by bP's high reactivity to oxygen and water, a major challenge to scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) experiments. As a consequence, the large majority of these studies were performed by cleaving a bulk crystal in situ. Here we present a study of surface modifications on exfoliated bP flakes upon consecutive annealing steps, up to 550 C, well above the sublimation temperature of bP. In particular, our attention is focused on the temperature range 375 C - 400 C, when sublimation starts, and a controlled desorption from the surface occurs alongside with the formation of characteristic well-aligned craters. There is an open debate in the literature about the crystallographic orientation of these craters, whether they align along the zigzag or the armchair direction. Thanks to the atomic resolution provided by STM, we are able to identify the orientation of the craters with respect to the bP crystal: the long axis of the craters is aligned along the zigzag direction of bP. This allows us to solve the controversy, and, moreover, to provide insight in the underlying desorption mechanism leading to crater formation.

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