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All-electronic Nanosecond-resolved Scanning Tunneling Microscopy: Facilitating the Investigation of Single Dopant Charge Dynamics
Published on: January 19, 2018
Probing the bonding and electronic structure of single atom dopants in graphene with electron energy loss
Quentin M Ramasse1, Che R Seabourne, Despoina-Maria Kepaptsoglou
1SuperSTEM Laboratory, STFC Daresbury Campus , Daresbury WA4 4AD, United Kingdom.
Abstract:
A combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy, electron energy loss spectroscopy, and ab initio calculations reveal striking electronic structure differences between two distinct single substitutional Si defect geometries in graphene. Optimised acquisition conditions allow for exceptional signal-to-noise levels in the spectroscopic data. The near-edge fine structure can be compared with great accuracy to simulations and reveal either an sp(3)-like configuration for a trivalent Si or a more complicated hybridized structure for a tetravalent Si impurity.
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