Modification of the Electronic Structure of Few-Layer Graphene Grown on β-SiC(001) by Neutral Red Dye

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Graphene layers on semiconducting substrates, modified using covalent and non-covalent chemical functionalization, can be utilized for fabrication of hybrid structures combining physical properties of graphene and organic molecules. In this paper the results of investigations of the atomic and electronic structure of ultrathin graphene layers on β-SiC/Si(001) wafers modified using phenazine dye Neutral Red are presented. Continuous graphene films consisting on several atomic layers were synthesized on β-SiC/Si(001) wafers using high-temperature annealing in ultrahigh vacuum. The synthesized graphene layers were chemically modified in a solution of diazonium salt of the Neutral Red dye under white light illumination. The results of the scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy experiments demonstrate the formation of a composite phenazine/graphene structure with a large energy gap in all surface regions. The molecules can be oriented preferentially parallel and perpendicular to the graphene layers and form locally ordered structures with rectangular and oblique unit cells. The electronic energy spectrum and band energy gap in different surface areas depend on the local atomic structure and the molecule’s orientation relative to the surface. According to the density functional theory calculations, local modifications of the electronic structure and band energy gap can be related to deformations (compression or extension) of the phenazine dye molecules because of their interaction with the topmost graphene layer.

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A. N. Chaika

Institute of Solid State Physics of the RAS

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Email: chaika@issp.ac.ru
Russia, 142432, Chernogolovka

I. M. Aristova

Institute of Solid State Physics of the RAS

Email: chaika@issp.ac.ru
Russia, 142432, Chernogolovka

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