Research Article

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

Table 1

Interface distances and adhesion energies for a monolayer of graphene adhered to a nonterminated 2×1-reconstructed diamond (111) surface, or to H-, F-, -, OH-, and -terminated diamond (111) surfaces, respectively.

Diamond (111) SurfaceInterfaceAdhesion EnergyAdhesion Energy
Distance (Å)(eV)(eV)

H-Diamond2.68-0.11-10.6
F-Diamond3.11-0.03-2.9
-Diamond3.00-0.08-7.7
OH-Diamond2.94-0.05-4.8
-Diamond2.97-0.05-5.4
Reconstructed 2×1-Diamond3.36-0.07-6.7