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Current status of self-organized epitaxial graphene ribbons on the C face of 6H-SiC substrates

Antoine Tiberj
Benoit Jouault
Alessandra Caboni
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Narcis Mestres
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Philippe Godignon
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Jean Camassel
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The current status of long, self-organized, epitaxial graphene ribbons grown on the (0 0 0 - 1) face of 6H-SiC substrates is reviewed. First, starting from the early stage of growth it is shown that on the C face of 6H-SiC substrates the sublimation process is not homogeneous. Most of the time it starts from defective sites, dislocations or point defects, that define nearly circular flakes surrounded by bare SiC. These flakes have a volcano-like shape with a graphite chimney at the centre, where the original defect was located. At higher temperatures a complete conversion occurs, which is not yet homogeneous on the whole sample. This growth process can be modified by covering the sample with a graphite cap. It changes the physics of the surface reconstruction during the Si-sublimation process and, on the C face, makes more efficient the reconstruction of few selected terraces with respect to the others. The net result is the formation of strongly step-bunched areas with, in between, long and large reconstructed terraces covered by graphitic material. Despite the low intrinsic optical absorption of a few graphene layers on SiC, micro-transmission experiments, complemented by micro-Raman spectroscopy, demonstrate that most of this graphitic coverage is made of one or two homogeneous graphene layers. We show also that most of the thermal stress between the graphene layer and the 6H-SiC substrate is relaxed by pleats or wrinkles which are clearly visible on the AFM images. Finally, the results of transport experiments performed on the graphitic ribbons reveal the p-type character of the ribbons.

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hal-00543289 , version 1 (06-12-2010)

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Nicolas Camara, Antoine Tiberj, Benoit Jouault, Alessandra Caboni, Bilal Jabakhanji, et al.. Current status of self-organized epitaxial graphene ribbons on the C face of 6H-SiC substrates. Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 2010, 43, pp.374011. ⟨10.1088/0022-3727/43/37/374011⟩. ⟨hal-00543289⟩
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