Abstract
Hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanomesh, a two-dimensional insulating monolayer, grown on the (111) surface of rhodium exhibits an intriguing hexagonal corrugation pattern with a lattice constant of 3.2 nm. Despite numerous experimental and theoretical studies no quantitative agreement has been found on some details of the adsorption geometry such as the corrugation amplitude. The issue highlights the differences in chemical and electronic environment in the strongly bound pore regions and the weakly bound wire regions of the corrugated structure. For reliable results it is important to probe the structure with a method that is intrinsically sensitive to the position of the atomic cores rather than the electron density of states.In this work, we determine the corrugation of h-BN nanomesh from angle- and energy-resolved photoelectron diffraction measurements with chemical state resolution. By combining the results from angle and energy scans and comparing them to multiple-scattering simulations true adsorbate-substrate distance can be measured with high precision, avoiding pitfalls of apparent topography observed in scanning probe techniques. Our experimental results give accurate values for the peak-to-peak corrugation amplitude (0.80 Å), the bonding distance to the substrate (2.20 Å) and the buckling of the boron and nitrogen atoms in the strongly bound pore regions (0.07 Å).These results are important for the development of theoretical methods that involve a quantitative description of van der Waals systems as required for the understanding of the physics of two-dimensional sp2 layers.
Highlights
In this work, we determine the corrugation of hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) nanomesh from angle- and energy-resolved photoelectron diffraction measurements with chemical state resolution
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We determine the corrugation of h-BN nanomesh from angle- and energy-resolved photoelectron diffraction measurements with chemical state resolution
Summary
The issue highlights the differences in chemical and electronic environment in the of this work must strongly bound pore regions and the weakly bound wire regions of the corrugated structure. We determine the corrugation of h-BN nanomesh from angle- and energy-resolved photoelectron diffraction measurements with chemical state resolution.
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