Annealing of ion-irradiated hexagonal boron nitride on Ir(111)
(2017) In Physical Review B 96(23).- Abstract
Annealing of a monolayer of hexagonal boron nitride destroyed by Xe ion irradiation gives rise to rich structural phenomena investigated here through a combination of scanning tunneling microscopy, low-energy electron diffraction, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations. We find selective pinning of vacancy clusters at a single specific location within the moiré formed by hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and the Ir substrate, crystalline Xe at room temperature of monolayer and bilayer thickness sealed inside h-BN blisters, standalone blisters only bound to the metal at temperatures where boron nitride on Ir(111) decomposes, and finally a pronounced threefold symmetry of all morphological features due... (More)
Annealing of a monolayer of hexagonal boron nitride destroyed by Xe ion irradiation gives rise to rich structural phenomena investigated here through a combination of scanning tunneling microscopy, low-energy electron diffraction, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations. We find selective pinning of vacancy clusters at a single specific location within the moiré formed by hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and the Ir substrate, crystalline Xe at room temperature of monolayer and bilayer thickness sealed inside h-BN blisters, standalone blisters only bound to the metal at temperatures where boron nitride on Ir(111) decomposes, and finally a pronounced threefold symmetry of all morphological features due to the preferential formation of boron-terminated zigzag edges that firmly bind to the substrate. The investigations give clear insight into the relevance of the substrate for the damage creation and annealing in a two-dimensional layer material.
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- author
- Valerius, Philipp ; Herbig, Charlotte ; Will, Moritz ; Arman, Mohammad A. LU ; Knudsen, Jan LU ; Caciuc, Vasile ; Atodiresei, Nicolae and Michely, Thomas
- organization
- publishing date
- 2017-12-08
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
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- in
- Physical Review B
- volume
- 96
- issue
- 23
- article number
- 235410
- publisher
- American Physical Society
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- scopus:85039461333
- wos:000417487200004
- ISSN
- 2469-9950
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.96.235410
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- English
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- yes
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- 60024661-2cb3-48ac-bddc-916d603e3771
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abstract = {{<p>Annealing of a monolayer of hexagonal boron nitride destroyed by Xe ion irradiation gives rise to rich structural phenomena investigated here through a combination of scanning tunneling microscopy, low-energy electron diffraction, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and density functional theory calculations. We find selective pinning of vacancy clusters at a single specific location within the moiré formed by hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) and the Ir substrate, crystalline Xe at room temperature of monolayer and bilayer thickness sealed inside h-BN blisters, standalone blisters only bound to the metal at temperatures where boron nitride on Ir(111) decomposes, and finally a pronounced threefold symmetry of all morphological features due to the preferential formation of boron-terminated zigzag edges that firmly bind to the substrate. The investigations give clear insight into the relevance of the substrate for the damage creation and annealing in a two-dimensional layer material.</p>}},
author = {{Valerius, Philipp and Herbig, Charlotte and Will, Moritz and Arman, Mohammad A. and Knudsen, Jan and Caciuc, Vasile and Atodiresei, Nicolae and Michely, Thomas}},
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language = {{eng}},
month = {{12}},
number = {{23}},
publisher = {{American Physical Society}},
series = {{Physical Review B}},
title = {{Annealing of ion-irradiated hexagonal boron nitride on Ir(111)}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.235410}},
doi = {{10.1103/PhysRevB.96.235410}},
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