Green's function modeling of response of two-dimensional materials to point probes for Scanning Probe Microscopy

Published

April 29, 2016

Author(s)

Vinod K. Tewary, Rebecca C. Quardokus, Frank W. DelRio

Abstract

A Green's function based mathematical model is developed for interpreting the scanning probe microscopy (SPM) measurements on the new two-dimensional materials. The Green’s functions for the Laplace/Poisson equations subject to the Dirichlet boundary conditions are calculated by using a virtual source method and applied to two separate cases of a material containing a rectangular antidot and another one containing a hexagonal antidot. It is shown that the boundary values are reproduced almost exactly in the virtual source method. It is suggested that SPM can directly yield the values of the Green’s function, which should make the SPM an even more powerful technique for electrostatic and thermal characterization of two-dimensional materials.

Citation

Physics Letters

Volume

380

Issue

20

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2016.03.021

Keywords

antidots, boundary value problems, graphene and two-dimensional materials, Greens function, Laplace and Poisson equation, scanning probe microscopy

Citation

Tewary, V. , Quardokus, R. and DelRio, F. (2016), Green's function modeling of response of two-dimensional materials to point probes for Scanning Probe Microscopy, Physics Letters, [online], https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physleta.2016.03.021 (Accessed May 21, 2025)