Direct Observation of Structural Phase Transformations during Phosphorene Formation on Cu(111)

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dc.contributor.authorDavid, Jiřícs
dc.contributor.authorJeřábek, Františekcs
dc.contributor.authorProcházka, Pavelcs
dc.contributor.authorČerný, Miroslavcs
dc.contributor.authorCiobanu, Cristian V.cs
dc.contributor.authorPrůša, Stanislavcs
dc.contributor.authorŠikola, Tomášcs
dc.contributor.authorKodambaka, Suneelcs
dc.contributor.authorKolíbal, Miroslavcs
dc.coverage.issue4cs
dc.coverage.volume19cs
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-01T10:00:43Z
dc.date.available2025-08-01T10:00:43Z
dc.date.issued2025-01-22cs
dc.description.abstractBlue phosphorene, a two-dimensional, hexagonal-structured, semiconducting phosphorus, has gained attention as it is considered easier to synthesize on metal surfaces than its allotrope, black phosphorene. Recent studies report different structures of phosphorene, for example, on Cu(111), but the underlying mechanisms of their formation are not known. Here, using a combination of in situ ultrahigh vacuum low-energy electron microscopy and in vacuo scanning tunneling microscopy, we determine the time evolution of the surface structure and morphology during the deposition of phosphorus on single-crystalline Cu(111). We find that during the early stages of deposition phosphorus intermixes with Cu, resulting in copper phosphide structures. With the increasing surface concentration of phosphorus, the phosphide phase disappears, and a blue phosphorene layer forms, followed by the self-assembly of highly ordered phosphorus clusters that eventually grow into multilayer islands. We attribute the unexpected transformation of stable phosphide to a phosphorene layer to the presence of a large concentration of P2 dimers on the surface. Our results constitute direct evidence for a growth mode leading to a flat phosphorene layer via an intermediary phase, which could underpin the growth of other 2D materials on strongly interacting substrates.en
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dc.format.extent4289-4298cs
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dc.identifier.citationACS Nano (e-ISSN). 2025, vol. 19, issue 4, p. 4289-4298.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1021/acsnano.4c11802cs
dc.identifier.issn1936-086Xcs
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-4727-4776cs
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-0235-8973cs
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-0338-3954cs
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0003-4217-2276cs
dc.identifier.orcid0000-0002-2751-5608cs
dc.identifier.other196782cs
dc.identifier.researcheridG-3038-2018cs
dc.identifier.researcheridB-6259-2008cs
dc.identifier.researcheridH-4920-2016cs
dc.identifier.researcheridD-9301-2012cs
dc.identifier.scopus55710905700cs
dc.identifier.scopus7004499962cs
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11012/255384
dc.language.isoencs
dc.publisherAmerican Chemical Societycs
dc.relation.ispartofACS Nano (e-ISSN)cs
dc.relation.urihttps://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsnano.4c11802cs
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalcs
dc.rights.accessopenAccesscs
dc.rights.sherpahttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1936-086X/cs
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/cs
dc.subject2D materialsen
dc.subjectphosphoreneen
dc.subjectcopper phosphideen
dc.subjectphase transformationen
dc.subjectgrowthmodeen
dc.titleDirect Observation of Structural Phase Transformations during Phosphorene Formation on Cu(111)en
dc.type.driverarticleen
dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen
sync.item.dbidVAV-196782en
sync.item.dbtypeVAVen
sync.item.insts2025.08.01 12:00:43en
sync.item.modts2025.08.01 11:34:06en
thesis.grantorVysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta strojního inženýrství. Ústav fyzikálního inženýrstvícs
thesis.grantorVysoké učení technické v Brně. Středoevropský technologický institut VUT. Příprava a charakterizace nanostrukturcs
thesis.grantorVysoké učení technické v Brně. Středoevropský technologický institut VUT. Molekulární nanostruktury na površíchcs
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