title: Analyzing Dirac Cone and Phonon Dispersion in Highly Oriented Nanocrystalline Graphene.
abstract: Chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is one of the most promising growth techniques to scale up the production of monolayer graphene. At present, there are intense efforts to control the orientation of graphene grains during CVD, motivated by the fact that there is a higher probability for oriented grains to achieve seamless merging, forming a large single crystal. However, it is still challenging to produce single-crystal graphene with no grain boundaries over macroscopic length scales, especially when the nucleation density of graphene nuclei is high. Nonetheless, nanocrystalline graphene with highly oriented grains may exhibit single-crystal-like properties. Herein, we investigate the spectroscopic signatures of graphene film containing highly oriented, nanosized grains (20-150 nm) using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS). The robustness of the Dirac cone, as well as dispersion of its phonons, as a function of graphene's grain size and before and after film coalescence, was investigated. In view of the sensitivity of atomically thin graphene to atmospheric adsorbates and intercalants, ARPES and HREELS were also used to monitor the changes in spectroscopic signatures of the graphene film following exposure to the ambient atmosphere.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM), National University of Singapore , 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore.|NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Centre for Life Sciences , #05-01, 28 Medical Drive, Singapore 117456, Singapore.
authors.forename: Chang Tai
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Nai
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM), National University of Singapore , 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
authors.forename: Hai
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM), National University of Singapore , 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore.|NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Centre for Life Sciences , #05-01, 28 Medical Drive, Singapore 117456, Singapore.
authors.forename: Sherman J R
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Advanced 2D Materials (CA2DM), National University of Singapore , 3 Science Drive 3, Singapore 117543, Singapore.
authors.forename: Kian Ping
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Loh
keywords: Dirac cone; ambient exposure; angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy; chemical vapor deposition; graphene; high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy; oxygen intercalation; phonon dispersion; scanning tunneling microscopy