silvia tognolini first year workshop, 15 october 2013, milan investigating graphene/metal interfaces...

Silvia Tognolini

First Year Workshop, 15 October 2013, Milan

Investigating graphene/metal Investigating graphene/metal interfaces by timeinterfaces by time--resolved non resolved non

linear photoemissionlinear photoemission

2004: Graphene is discovered

Silvia Tognolini First Year Workshop, 15 October 2013, Milan.

Graphene: the future in a pencil trace!

K. Novoselov A. Geim


What is Graphene?

Graphene is a single layer of carbon atoms packed in hexagonal (honeycomb) lattice.

Graphene band structure

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E. Y. Andrei et al., Rep. Prog. Phys. 75 (2012) 056501


Graphene’s properties


The aims in graphene production

• Transfer of graphene layer from growing substrate;

• Fabrication of very large and extremely well-defined graphene sheets.

K.S. Novoselov et al., Nature 490,192 (2012).

Aims:


Graphene/metal investigation

Strategy: Investigation of the coupling of graphene with substrate.

Investigating graphene/metal interface



Strategy: Investigation of the coupling of graphene with substrate.

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The metal surface has a “sentinel” that monitors every change in the surroundings.




Strategy: Investigation of the coupling of graphene with substrate;

x

y

z

The “sentinel”, interacting with

graphene sheet, can change his

properties (mass or position).

Also in function of the distance of graphene

layer!





Strategy: Investigation of the coupling of graphene with substrate;

x

y

z

The “sentinel”, interacting with

graphene sheet, can change his

properties (mass or position).

Also in function of the distance of graphene

layer!


Attention: graphene presents a dual series of “sentinels”!



The image potential states

= The Image Potential State (IPS)

- Empty states;

- Localized in the z direction outside

the sample surface;

- Electrons are quasi-free in the plane

parallel to the sample surface;

- Interactions may result in a modified

IPS electron mass m* or binding energy;

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IPS is a very sensitive tool for understanding the coupling of graphene with the substrate.


How is possible to investigate the IPSs?

NONLINEAR PHOTOEMISSION : h <

(Femtosecond Light Pulses)

Electron properties of UNOCCUPIED

STATES above the Fermi level.

Time-Resolved NL-PE

Electron dynamics and charge transfer processes.

hν

hν

occupied states

empty states

e–

Φ

Evac

Efermi

e–

pump

probeΔt


Graphene/metal investigationGraphene IPSs: from literature…

V.M. Silkin et al., PRB 80, 121408R 2009.(ab initio calculations.)

Free standing graphene:

Two series of IPSs at Γ point of BZ;

The wave functions of these states have opposite parity with respect to the reflection at the graphene plane;


Graphene/metal investigationGraphene IPSs: from literature…

V.M. Silkin et al., PRB 80, 121408R 2009.(ab initio calculations.)

Borca et al. PRL 105, 036804 (2010).

Free standing graphene:

Two series of IPSs at Γ point of BZ;

The wave functions of these states have opposite parity with respect to the reflection at the graphene plane;

Graphene on metal substrate

1- IPS spatial expansion towards the metal interface region;

1+ IPS larger weight towards the vacuum.


Graphene/metal investigationIPSs at graphene/metal interface: from literature…

Batzill et al., Surf. Science Rep. 67, 83 (2012).



D. Niesner et al., Phys. Rev. B 85, 081402 (2012).


Graphene on Iridium (111)



D. Niesner et al., Phys. Rev. B 85, 081402 (2012).


Graphene on Iridium (111)

Graphene on Ruthenium (0001)

N. Armbrust et al., PRL. 108, 056801 (2012)

W. Moritz et al., PRL 104, 136102 (2010).


Graphene/metal investigationIPSs at graphene/metal interface: our results…

Graphene on Cu(111)

Cu(111) band structure

S.Pagliara et al., Surface Science 600, 4290 (2006) .

h = 4.10 eV @ k//=0

n=0 Cu(111)

IPS n=1 Cu(111)

IPSSurface state(occupied)

d bands


Graphene/metal investigationIPSs at graphene/metal interface: our results…

Graphene on Polycrystalline Cu foil

h = 4.10 eV @ k//=0P-polarization

NL-PES performed on graphene grown on different Cu substrates allows us to:

• identify graphene IPS;

• distinguish the contributions of the substrate from those of the graphene;

1+ Graphene IPS

These samples are kindly provided by the group of P. Rudolf of Groningen University.


Graphene/metal investigationFuture outlook

•Non-linear photoemission measurements at graphene/metal interfaces:

- weakly interacting system: Gr/Ir(111) (in collaboration with C.Mariani, Università La Sapienza, Roma);

- strongly interacting system: Gr/Ni(111) (in collaboration with C.Cepek, IOM-TASC, Trieste);

•NL-photoemission measurements at molecule/metal interfaces, as porphyrins

and fullerenes on Ag(100) (in collaboration with M.Sambi, Università degli

studi di Padova);

•Time-Resolved NL-photoemission in order to investigate:

- the electron dynamics of the image potential states;

- the photoinduced charge transfer from metal substrates to overlayer.

Thanks for your attention!!Thanks for your attention!!


The image potential states

Interaction between an electron outside of a surface and the polarization it induces at that surface.

Electron energy < EVAC

Forbidden bulk band gap at the metal surface

The electron is trapped in the potential well built by the image potential and the crystal potential.

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