Scattering of flexural acoustic phonons at grain boundaries in graphene
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2014

We investigate the scattering of long-wavelength flexural phonons against grain boundaries in graphene using molecular dynamics simulations. Three symmetric tilt grain boundaries are considered: one with a misorientation angle of 17.9 degrees displaying an out-of-plane buckling 1.5 nm high and 5 nm wide, one with a misorientation angle of 9.4 degrees and an out-of-plane buckling 0.6 nm high and 1.7 nm wide, and one with a misorientation angle of 32.2 degrees and no out-of-plane buckling. At the flat grain boundary, the phonon transmission exceeds 95% for wavelengths above 1 nm. The buckled boundaries have a substantially lower transmission in this wavelength range, with a minimum transmission of 20% for the 17.9 degrees boundary and 40% for the 9.4 degrees boundary. At the buckled boundaries, coupling between flexural and longitudinal phonon modes is also observed. The results indicate that scattering of long-wavelength flexural phonons at grain boundaries in graphene is mainly due to out-of-plane buckling. A continuum mechanical model of the scattering process has been developed, providing a deeper understanding of the scattering process as well as a way to calculate the effect of a grain boundary on long-wavelength flexural phonons based on the buckling size.

Författare

Edit Ahlberg Helgee

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Material- och ytteori

Andreas Isacsson

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Kondenserade materiens teori

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

24699950 (ISSN) 24699969 (eISSN)

Vol. 90 4 045416

Graphene-Based Revolutions in ICT And Beyond (Graphene Flagship)

Europeiska kommissionen (EU) (EC/FP7/604391), 2013-10-01 -- 2016-03-31.

Ämneskategorier

Fysik

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.90.045416

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