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Preparation and Characterization of C60/Graphene Hybrid Nanostructures
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Molecular Caging of Graphene with Cyclohexane: Transfer and Electrical Transport
Liubov A Belyaeva1, Wangyang Fu1, Hadi Arjmandi-Tash1
1Faculty of Science, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University , Einsteinweg 55, 2333CC Leiden, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
Transfer of large, clean, crack- and fold-free graphene sheets is a critical challenge in the field of graphene-based electronic devices. Polymers, conventionally used for transferring two-dimensional materials, irreversibly adsorb yielding a range of unwanted chemical functions and contaminations on the surface. An oil-water interface represents an ideal support for graphene. Cyclohexane, the oil phase, protects graphene from mechanical deformation and minimizes vibrations of the water surface. Remarkably, cyclohexane solidifies at 7 °C forming a plastic crystal phase molecularly conforming graphene, preventing the use of polymers, and thus drastically limiting contamination. Graphene floating at the cyclohexane/water interface exhibits improved electrical performances allowing for new possibilities of in situ, flexible sensor devices at a water interface.
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