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Direct observation of ordered configurations of hydrogen adatoms on graphene
Chenfang Lin1, Yexin Feng, Yingdong Xiao
1State Key Lab for Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China.
Abstract:
Ordered configurations of hydrogen adatoms on graphene have long been proposed, calculated, and searched for. Here, we report direct observation of several ordered configurations of H adatoms on graphene by scanning tunneling microscopy. On the top side of the graphene plane, H atoms in the configurations appear to stick to carbon atoms in the same sublattice. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy measurements revealed a substantial gap in the local density of states in H-contained regions as well as in-gap states below the conduction band due to the incompleteness of H ordering. These findings can be well explained by density functional theory calculations based on double-sided H configurations. In addition, factors that may influence H ordering are discussed.
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