Graphene-like silicon nanoribbons on Ag(110): A possible formation of silicene
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique · Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille · +5 more institutions
Abstract
Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and ab initio calculations based on density functional theory (DFT) were used to study the self-aligned silicon nanoribbons on Ag(110) with honeycomb, graphene-like structure. The silicon honeycombs structure on top of the silver substrate is clearly observed by STM, while the DFT calculations confirm that the Si atoms adopt spontaneously this new silicon structure.
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 26.20
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- 100%
- References
- 25
Authors
7- BAB. AufrayCorresponding
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille
- AKAbdelkader Kara
University of Central Florida, CY Cergy Paris Université
- SVS. Vizzini
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Institut Rayonnement-Matière de Saclay, CEA Paris-Saclay
- HOHamid Oughaddou
Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique et aux Énergies Alternatives, Institut Rayonnement-Matière de Saclay, CEA Paris-Saclay, CY Cergy Paris Université
- CLChristel Léandri
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Centre Interdisciplinaire de Nanoscience de Marseille
Topics & keywords
- Silicene
- Silicon
- Scanning tunneling microscope
- Graphene nanoribbons
- Density functional theory
- Materials science
- Graphene
- Substrate (aquarium)