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Exceptionally large migration length of carbon and topographically-facilitated self-limiting molecular beam epitaxial growth of graphene on hexagonal boron nitride
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from the publisher via the DOI in this record.Available online 18 December 2016We demonstrate growth of single-layer graphene (SLG) on hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) by
molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), only limited in area by the finite size of the h-BN flakes. Using
atomic force microscopy and micro-Raman spectroscopy, we show that for growth over a wide range
of temperatures (500◦C – 1000◦C) the deposited carbon atoms spill off the edge of the h-BN flakes.
We attribute this spillage to the very high mobility of the carbon atoms on the BN basal plane,
consistent with van der Waals MBE. The h-BN flakes vary in size from 30 µm to 100 µm, thus
demonstrating that the migration length of carbon atoms on h-BN is greater than 100 µm. When
sufficient carbon is supplied to compensate for this loss, which is largely due to this fast migration of
the carbon atoms to and off the edges of the h-BN flake, we find that the best growth temperature
for MBE SLG on h-BN is ∼950◦C. Self-limiting graphene growth appears to be facilitated by
topographic h-BN surface features: We have thereby grown MBE self-limited SLG on an h-BN
ridge. This opens up future avenues for precisely tailored fabrication of nano- and hetero-structures
on pre-patterned h-BN surfaces for device applications.This work is supported by ONR (N000140610138 and Graphene MURI), AFOSR (FA9550-11-1-0010), EFRC Center for Re-Defining Photovoltaic Efficiency through Molecule Scale Control (award DE-SC0001085), NSF (CHE-0641523), NYSTAR and Spanish Government (AIC-B-2011-0806, MAT2014-54231, MAT2015-67021-R). S.W. and A.P. were supported by the US Department of Energy Office of Science, Division of Materials Science and Engineering (award DE-SC0010695)
Epitaxial Bi2FeCrO6 Multiferroic Thin Films
We present here experimental results obtained on Bi2FeCrO6 (BFCO) epitaxial
films deposited by laser ablation directly on SrTiO3 substrates. It has been
theoretically predicted, by Baettig and Spaldin, using first-principles density
functional theory that BFCO is ferrimagnetic (with a magnetic moment of 2 Bohr
magneton per formula unit) and ferroelectric (with a polarization of ~80
microC/cm2 at 0K). The crystal structure has been investigated using X-ray
diffraction which shows that the films are epitaxial with a high crystallinity
and have a degree of orientation depending of the deposition conditions and
that is determined by the substrate crystal structure. Chemical analysis
carried out by X-ray Microanalysis and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
indicates the correct cationic stoichiometry in the BFCO layer, namely
(Bi:Fe:Cr = 2:1:1). XPS depth profiling revealed that the oxidation state of Fe
and Cr ions in the film remains 3+ throughout the film thickness and that both
Fe and Cr ions are homogeneously distributed throughout the depth.
Cross-section high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images together
with selected area electron diffraction confirm the crystalline quality of the
epitaxial BFCO films with no identifiable foreign phase or inclusion. The
multiferroic character of BFCO is proven by ferroelectric and magnetic
measurements showing that the films exhibit ferroelectric and magnetic
hysteresis at room temperature. In addition, local piezoelectric measurements
carried out using piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) show the presence of
ferroelectric domains and their switching at the sub-micron scale.Comment: Accepted for publication in Philosophical Magazine Letter
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Z boson production in Pb+Pb collisions at √Snn = 5.02 TeV measured by the ATLAS experiment
The production yield of Z bosons is measured in the electron and muon decay channels in Pb+Pb collisions at √S = 5.02 TeV with the ATLAS detector. Data from the 2015 LHC run corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 0.49 nb are used for the analysis. The Z boson yield, normalised by the total number of minimum-bias events and the mean nuclear thickness function, is measured as a function of dilepton rapidity and event centrality. The measurements in Pb+Pb collisions are compared with similar measurements made in proton-proton collisions at the same centre-of-mass energy. The nuclear modification factor is found to be consistent with unity for all centrality intervals. The results are compared with theoretical predictions obtained at next-to-leading order using nucleon and nuclear parton distribution functions. The normalised Z boson yields in Pb+Pb collisions lie 1-3σ above the predictions. The nuclear modification factor measured as a function of rapidity agrees with unity and is consistent with a next-to-leading-order QCD calculation including the isospin effect. nn -
Measurement of J/ψ production in association with a W ± boson with pp data at 8 TeV
A measurement of the production of a prompt J/ψ meson in association with a W± boson with W± → μν and J/ψ → μ+μ− is presented for J/ψ transverse momenta in the range 8.5–150 GeV and rapidity |yJ/ψ| < 2.1 using ATLAS data recorded in 2012 at the LHC. The data were taken at a proton-proton centre-of-mass energy of s = 8 TeV and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 20.3 fb−1. The ratio of the prompt J/ψ plus W± cross-section to the inclusive W± cross-section is presented as a differential measurement as a function of J/ψ transverse momenta and compared with theoretical predictions using different double-parton-scattering cross-sections. [Figure not available: see fulltext.]
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