Sounds of Synthesis: Acoustic Real‐Time Analysis of Laser‐Induced Graphene

Abstract

Laser‐induced graphene (LIG) can be patterned on a variety of substrates using a laser scriber/cutter. The quality and morphology of LIG is currently analyzed using Raman spectroscopy and electron microscopy. Here a method is presented to enable analysis of LIG in real‐time during the synthesis using a microphone attached to the laser writing head, followed by a simple acoustic signal processing scheme. It is demonstrated that it is possible to use the same energy input to simultaneously drive the conversion process and probe the formation of LIG in situ by applying Fourier and integral analyses, thus allowing rapid, high‐throughput determination of the local quality and morphology of the produced LIG.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Jan 13, 2022
Source ID
10.1002/adfm.202110198

Entities

People

  • Bing Deng
  • Carter Kittrell
  • Duy X. Luong
  • Jacob L. Beckham
  • James Tour
  • John T. Li
  • Victor D. Li
  • Weiyin Chen

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • Rice University

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Distributed Systems and Data Platform Development
  • Nanocomposite Materials Science
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene
  • Microelectronics - Microelectromechanical Systems