THEORY OF STM IMAGES OF MONOLAYER GRAPHITE ON TRANSITION-METAL SURFACE

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作者
KOBAYASHI, K [1 ]
SOUZU, Y [1 ]
ISSHIKI, N [1 ]
TSUKADA, M [1 ]
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[1] KAO CORP, KAO INST KNOWLEDGE & INTELLIGENCE SCI, SUMIDA KU, TOKYO 131, JAPAN
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10.1016/0169-4332(92)90457-9
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O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
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070304 ; 081704 ;
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A first-principles band calculation is performed on monolayer graphite on a TiC(111) surface. Occupied pi bands of the monolayer graphite are similar to those of a bulk graphite and are lowered by 2 eV. Unoccupied pi* bands are largely affected and split into bonding and antibonding bands due to a hybridization effect with d-bands of top-layer Ti. A calculated local density of states shows a 2 x 2 superstructure of graphite lattice, which explains the shorter period of the moire pattern observed in scanning tunneling microscopy.
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