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Moir{é} patterns as a probe of interplanar interactions: graphene on h-BN

arXiv:1407.2813 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.135504

Abstract

By atomistic modeling of moir{é} patterns of graphene on a substrate with a small lattice mismatch, we find qualitatively different strain distributions for small and large misorientation angles, corresponding to the commensurate-incommensurate transition recently observed in graphene on hexagonal BN. We find that the ratio of C-N and C-B interactions is the main parameter determining the different bond lengths in the center and edges of the moir{é} pattern. Agreement with experimental data is obtained only by assuming that the C-B interactions are at least twice weaker than the C-N interactions. The correspondence between the strain distribution in the nanoscale moir{é} pattern and the potential energy surface at the atomic scale found in our calculations, makes the moir{é} pattern a tool to study details of dispersive forces in van der Waals heterostructures.

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