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Gate-Controlled Ionization and Screening of Cobalt Adatoms on a Graphene Surface
Document Type
Working Paper
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Subject
Condensed Matter - Materials Science
Condensed Matter - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
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Abstract
We describe scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) measurements performed on individual cobalt (Co) atoms deposited onto backgated graphene devices. We find that Co adatoms on graphene can be ionized by either the application of a global backgate voltage or by the application of a local electric field from a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) tip. Large screening clouds are observed to form around Co adatoms ionized in this way, and we observe that some intrinsic graphene defects display a similar behavior. Our results provide new insight into charged impurity scattering in graphene, as well as the possibility of using graphene devices as chemical sensors.
Comment: 19 pages, 4 figures