A Direct Transfer of Layer-Area Graphene

Abstract

A facile method is reported for the direct (polymer-free) transfer of layer-area graphene from metal growth substrates to selected target substrates. The direct route, by avoiding several wet chemical steps and accompanying mechanical stresses and contamination common to all presently reported layer-area graphene transfer methods, enables fabrication of layer-area graphene devices with unprecedented quality. To demonstrate, we directly transfer layer-area graphene from Cu growth substrates to holey amorphous carbon transmission electron microscopy (TEM) grids, resulting in robust, clean, full-coverage graphene grids ideal for high resolution TEM.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA573720

Entities

People

  • A. Zetti
  • Baisong Geng
  • Benjamin Alemán
  • Caglar Girit
  • Feng Wang
  • Lorenzo Maserati
  • Michael F. Crommie
  • Nasim Alem
  • William Regan

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Vapor Deposition
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Fabrication
  • Films
  • Grain Boundaries
  • Graphene
  • Graphitic Materials
  • High Resolution
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Microscopy
  • Physics
  • Standards
  • Surface Tension
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Nanoscale Plasmonic Nanotechnology
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Microelectronics - Graphene