Selective Formation of Zigzag Edges in Graphene Cracks

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• 作者：Miho Fujihara ; Ryosuke Inoue ; Rei Kurita ; Toshiyuki Taniuchi ; Yoshihito Motoyui ; Shik Shin ; Fumio Komori ; Yutaka Maniwa ; Hisanori Shinohara ; Yasumitsu Miyata
• 刊名：ACS Nano
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：September 22, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：9
• 期：9
• 页码：9027-9033
• 全文大小：521K
• ISSN：1936-086X

文摘

We report the thermally induced unconventional cracking of graphene to generate zigzag edges. This crystallography-selective cracking was observed for as-grown graphene films immediately following the cooling process subsequent to chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on Cu foil. Results from Raman spectroscopy show that the crack-derived edges have smoother zigzag edges than the chemically formed grain edges of CVD graphene. Using these cracks as nanogaps, we were also able to demonstrate the carrier tuning of graphene through the electric field effect. Statistical analysis of visual observations indicated that the crack formation results from uniaxial tension imparted by the Cu substrates together with the stress concentration at notches in the polycrystalline graphene films. On the basis of simulation results using a simplified thermal shrinkage model, we propose that the cooling-induced tension is derived from the transient lattice expansion of narrow Cu grains imparted by the thermal shrinkage of adjacent Cu grains.