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Anton N Sidorov¹, Mehdi M Yazdanpanah, Romaneh Jalilian

¹ElectroOptics Research Institute and Nanotechnology Center, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

|July 7, 2011

Summary

Researchers developed a simple electrostatic method to transfer graphene sheets onto substrates. This technique successfully transferred graphene layers, revealing insights into monolayer graphene

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Area of Science:

Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Surface Science

Background:

Graphene sheets, particularly monolayer graphene, are frequently found on freshly cleaved Highly Oriented Pyrolytic Graphite (HOPG) surfaces.
Understanding the properties and transfer of these naturally occurring graphene sheets is crucial for their application.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate a straightforward electrostatic attraction technique for transferring loose graphene sheets from HOPG to a desired substrate.
To characterize the transferred graphene sheets, including their thickness and structural integrity, using atomic force microscopy and Raman spectroscopy.

Main Methods:

Utilizing electrostatic attraction for the transfer of graphene sheets.
Employing atomic force microscopy (AFM) to measure the thickness of transferred graphene sheets over time.
Conducting Raman spectroscopy to analyze the structural properties and defect levels of graphene sheets with varying layer numbers.

Main Results:

Successfully transferred graphene sheets ranging from one to 22 layers thick.
Observed an increase in the height of a monolayer graphene sheet from ~0.35 nm to ~0.8 nm over several weeks.
Raman spectroscopy revealed an intense D band in monolayer graphene, attributed to substrate conformity and potential C-C bond disruption, which decreased with increasing layer number.

Conclusions:

Electrostatic attraction is an effective method for transferring graphene sheets.
Monolayer graphene exhibits unique structural characteristics and potential instability when transferred, as indicated by the intense D band in Raman spectra.
The findings provide valuable information for the controlled manipulation and application of graphene materials.