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@ARTICLE{Raths:907587,
author = {Raths, Miriam and Schott, Christina and Knippertz, Johannes
and Franke, Markus and Lin, You-Ron and Haags, Anja and
Aeschlimann, Martin and Kumpf, Christian and Stadtmüller,
Benjamin},
title = {{G}rowth, domain structure, and atomic adsorption sites of
h{BN} on the {N}i(111) surface},
journal = {Physical review materials},
volume = {5},
number = {9},
issn = {2475-9953},
address = {College Park, MD},
publisher = {APS},
reportid = {FZJ-2022-02094},
pages = {094001},
year = {2021},
abstract = {One of the most important functionalities of the atomically
thin insulator hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is its ability
to chemically and electronically decouple functional
materials from highly reactive surfaces. It is therefore of
utmost importance to uncover its structural properties on
surfaces on an atomic and mesoscopic length scale. In this
paper, we quantify the relative coverages of structurally
different domains of a hBN layer on the Ni(111) surface
using low-energy electron microscopy and the normal
incidence x-ray standing wave technique. We find that hBN
nucleates on defect sites of the Ni(111) surface and
predominantly grows in two epitaxial domains that are
rotated by 60∘ with respect to each other. The two domains
reveal identical adsorption heights, indicating a similar
chemical interaction strength with the Ni(111) surface. The
different azimuthal orientations of these domains originate
from different adsorption sites of N and B. We demonstrate
that the majority $(≈70\%)$ of hBN domains exhibit a
(N,B)=(top,fcc) adsorption site configuration while the
minority $(≈30\%)$ show a (N,B)=(top,hcp) configuration.
Our study hence underlines the crucial role of the atomic
adsorption configuration in the mesoscopic domain structures
of in situ fabricated two-dimensional materials on highly
reactive surface},
cin = {PGI-3},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-3-20110106},
pnm = {5213 - Quantum Nanoscience (POF4-521)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-5213},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000705548700001},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.094001},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/907587},
}