Title
Diffusion of fluorine adatoms on doped graphene
Date Issued
22 September 2014
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Hernández-Nieves A.
Balseiro C.
Usaj G.
Centro Atómico Bariloche and Instituto Balseiro
Publisher(s)
American Institute of Physics Inc.
Abstract
We calculate the diffusion barrier of fluorine adatoms on doped graphene in the diluted limit using Density Functional Theory. We found that the barrier Δ strongly depends on the magnitude and character of the graphene's doping (δn): it increases for hole doping (δn < 0) and decreases for electron doping (δn > 0). Near the neutrality point the functional dependence can be approximately by Δ = Δ0- αδn, where α ≃ 6 × 1012meV cm2. This effect leads to significant changes of the diffusion constant with doping even at room temperature and could also affect the low temperature diffusion dynamics due to the presence of substrate induced charge puddles. In addition, this might open up the possibility to engineer the F dynamics on graphene by using local gates.
Volume
105
Issue
12
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física atómica, molecular y química Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84907452607
Source
Applied Physics Letters
ISSN of the container
00036951
Sponsor(s)
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas 11220110100832, PIP 11220080101821
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