Combining scanning tunneling microscopy and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy, we demonstrate how to tune the doping of epitaxial graphene from p to n by exploiting the structural changes that occur spontaneously on the Ge surface upon thermal annealing. Furthermore, using first principle calculations we build a model that successfully reproduces the experimental observations. Since the ability to modify graphene electronic properties is of fundamental importance when it comes to applications, our results provide an important contribution towards the integration of graphene with conventional semiconductors.
@article{arxiv.2010.08404,
title = {Tuning the doping of epitaxial graphene on a conventional semiconductor via substrate surface reconstruction},
author = {Miriam Galbiati and Luca Persichetti and Paola Gori and Olivia Pulci and Marco Bianchi and Luciana Di Gaspare and Jerry Tersoff and Camilla Coletti and Philip Hofmann and Monica De Seta and Luca Camilli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.08404},
year = {2021}
}