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Title: Creating periodic local strain in monolayer graphene with nanopillars patterned by self-assembled block copolymer

Abstract

A simple and viable method was developed to produce biaxial strain in monolayer graphene on an array of SiO{sub 2} nanopillars. The array of SiO{sub 2} nanopillars (1 cm{sup 2} in area, 80 nm in height, and 40 nm in pitch) was fabricated by employing self-assembled block copolymer through simple dry etching and deposition processes. According to high resolution micro-Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy analyses, 0.9% of maximum biaxial tensile strain and 0.17% of averaged biaxial tensile strain in graphene were created. This technique provides a simple and viable method to form biaxial tensile strain in graphene and offers a practical platform for future studies in graphene strain engineering.

Authors:
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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22482220
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Applied Physics Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 107; Journal Issue: 14; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COPOLYMERS; DEPOSITION; ETCHING; GRAPHENE; PERIODICITY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESOLUTION; SILICA; SILICON OXIDES; STRAINS

Citation Formats

Mi, Hongyi, Mikael, Solomon, Seo, Jung-Hun, Gui, Gui, Ma, Alice L., Ma, Zhenqiang, Liu, Chi-Chun, and Nealey, Paul F., E-mail: nealey@uchicago.edu, E-mail: mazq@engr.wisc.edu. Creating periodic local strain in monolayer graphene with nanopillars patterned by self-assembled block copolymer. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1063/1.4932657.
Mi, Hongyi, Mikael, Solomon, Seo, Jung-Hun, Gui, Gui, Ma, Alice L., Ma, Zhenqiang, Liu, Chi-Chun, & Nealey, Paul F., E-mail: nealey@uchicago.edu, E-mail: mazq@engr.wisc.edu. Creating periodic local strain in monolayer graphene with nanopillars patterned by self-assembled block copolymer. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4932657
Mi, Hongyi, Mikael, Solomon, Seo, Jung-Hun, Gui, Gui, Ma, Alice L., Ma, Zhenqiang, Liu, Chi-Chun, and Nealey, Paul F., E-mail: nealey@uchicago.edu, E-mail: mazq@engr.wisc.edu. 2015. "Creating periodic local strain in monolayer graphene with nanopillars patterned by self-assembled block copolymer". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4932657.
@article{osti_22482220,
title = {Creating periodic local strain in monolayer graphene with nanopillars patterned by self-assembled block copolymer},
author = {Mi, Hongyi and Mikael, Solomon and Seo, Jung-Hun and Gui, Gui and Ma, Alice L. and Ma, Zhenqiang and Liu, Chi-Chun and Nealey, Paul F., E-mail: nealey@uchicago.edu, E-mail: mazq@engr.wisc.edu},
abstractNote = {A simple and viable method was developed to produce biaxial strain in monolayer graphene on an array of SiO{sub 2} nanopillars. The array of SiO{sub 2} nanopillars (1 cm{sup 2} in area, 80 nm in height, and 40 nm in pitch) was fabricated by employing self-assembled block copolymer through simple dry etching and deposition processes. According to high resolution micro-Raman spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy analyses, 0.9% of maximum biaxial tensile strain and 0.17% of averaged biaxial tensile strain in graphene were created. This technique provides a simple and viable method to form biaxial tensile strain in graphene and offers a practical platform for future studies in graphene strain engineering.},
doi = {10.1063/1.4932657},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22482220}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
issn = {0003-6951},
number = 14,
volume = 107,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}