First Principle Study of the Attachment of Graphene onto Different Terminated Diamond (111) Surfaces

<p>Calculated DOS plots for intrinsic graphene (red dashed) in addition to (a) a monolayer graphene adhered to an H-terminated diamond surface (black), or (b) a monolayer graphene adhered to an <span class="nowrap"><svg height="14.067pt" id="M54" style="vertical-align:-5.3006pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.7664 32.203 14.067" width="32.203pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M381 665C170 665 44 498 44 318C44 125 188 -15 369 -15C552 -15 703 117 703 333C703 534 550 665 381 665ZM359 629C491 629 601 517 601 306C601 114 502 21 390 21C249 21 146 158 146 346S248 629 359 629Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,9.711,3.132)"><path d="M262 451C169 451 38 375 38 210C38 98 121 -12 261 -12C360 -12 481 64 481 227C481 351 386 451 262 451ZM249 414C337 414 385 320 385 204C385 70 333 25 272 25C189 25 134 117 134 241C134 355 189 414 249 414Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,14.324,3.132)"><path d="M532 0V30C473 38 467 38 467 107V298C467 395 416 451 336 451C307 451 279 439 251 420C226 404 205 389 185 374V453C142 434 94 422 43 413V386C98 378 104 373 104 309V107C104 41 100 38 31 30V0H251V30C191 35 185 40 185 107V337C216 364 255 389 295 389C360 389 386 347 386 276V110C386 44 380 35 321 30V0H532Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,19.21,3.132)"><path d="M303 37L293 66C280 59 256 49 231 49S173 63 173 143V396H281C294 404 298 428 287 439H173V575L158 577L92 509V439H46L17 408L22 396H92V107C92 27 128 -12 192 -12C203 -12 218 -9 237 2L303 37Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,22.004,3.132)"><path d="M262 451C169 451 38 375 38 210C38 98 121 -12 261 -12C360 -12 481 64 481 227C481 351 386 451 262 451ZM249 414C337 414 385 320 385 204C385 70 333 25 272 25C189 25 134 117 134 241C134 355 189 414 249 414Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,26.626,3.132)"><path d="M173 382V461C125 442 68 425 25 418V390C88 382 92 382 92 317V-127C92 -191 84 -199 18 -204V-235H259V-204C180 -196 173 -192 173 -120V7C188 -1 212 -11 243 -12C375 12 495 109 495 261C495 361 427 451 316 451C303 451 283 446 266 435L173 382ZM173 345C200 365 243 388 274 388C346 388 409 329 409 222C409 111 353 40 266 40C231 40 196 56 173 79V345Z"></path></g></svg>-</span>terminated diamond surface (black). The Fermi level is indicated by a black dashed line.</p>

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Figure 4: First Principle Study of the Attachment of Graphene onto Different Terminated Diamond (111) Surfaces 