Publications [#260671] of Volker Blum

Journal Articles

1. Sforzini, J; Nemec, L; Denig, T; Stadtmüller, B; Lee, T-L; Kumpf, C; Soubatch, S; Starke, U; Rinke, P; Blum, V; Bocquet, FC; Tautz, FS, Approaching truly freestanding graphene: the structure of hydrogen-intercalated graphene on 6H-SiC(0001)., Physical Review Letters, vol. 114 no. 10 (March, 2015), pp. 106804, ISSN 0031-9007 [doi]
   (last updated on 2023/06/01)

   Abstract:
   We measure the adsorption height of hydrogen-intercalated quasifreestanding monolayer graphene on the (0001) face of 6H silicon carbide by the normal incidence x-ray standing wave technique. A density functional calculation for the full (6√3×6√3)-R30° unit cell, based on a van der Waals corrected exchange correlation functional, finds a purely physisorptive adsorption height in excellent agreement with experiments, a very low buckling of the graphene layer, a very homogeneous electron density at the interface, and the lowest known adsorption energy per atom for graphene on any substrate. A structural comparison to other graphenes suggests that hydrogen-intercalated graphene on 6H-SiC(0001) approaches ideal graphene.