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Growth of two-dimensional Au patches in graphene pores : a density-functional study

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Antikainen, Saku
Date
2016
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FysiikkaPhysics

 
Grafeenin löytämisen myötä kaksiulotteisten (2D) materiaalien tutkimus on edennyt huomattavasti viimeisen vuosikymmenen aikana. Myös 2D-metalleja on tutkittu, ja esimerkiksi atominpaksuinen rautakerros on onnistuttu kokeellisesti luomaan grafeenin reunalle. Metalleista erityisesti kullan on havaittu käyttäytyvän hyvin eri tavalla nanomittakaavassa. Tässä Pro gradu -tutkielmassa on simuloitu kaksiulotteisten kultasaarekkeiden kasvua grafeenin reunalle tiheysfunktionaaliteoriaa (DFT) käyttämällä. Tavoitteena oli selvittää, kuinka kulta-atomit kulkeutuvat grafeenin pintaa pitkin lopulta reunalle, ja asettuvatko kulta-atomit kaksiulotteisesti samaan tasoon grafeenin kanssa. Tulosten perusteella kulta-atomit liikkuvat vaivatta reunalle, sillä energiavallien havaittiin olevan hyvin pieniä sekä grafeenin pinnalla että reunalla. Tutkielma koostuu suomenkielisestä johdanto-osuudesta ja varsinaisesta julkaistavaksi lähetetystä artikkelista. Johdannossa käydään läpi menetelmiä, joita tutkielmassa käytettiin. ...
 
Inspired by recent studies of various two-dimensional (2D) metals such as Au, Fe and Ag, we study the growth of two-dimensional gold patches in graphene pores by density-functional theory. We find that at room temperature gold atoms move readily on top of both graphene and two-dimensional gold with energy barriers less than 0.5 eV. Our calculations show that gold atoms have energy barriers neither for moving from the top of graphene to its edge nor for moving from the top of 2D gold to its edge. The energy barriers are absent even at the interface of 2D gold and graphene, so that the gold atoms move effortlessly across the interface. We hope our demonstration for the propensity of diffusing gold atoms to grow 2D gold patches in graphene pores will inspire the fabrication of these patches experimentally.
 
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graphene density-functional theory gold kulta simulointi
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