A facile alternative technique for large-area graphene transfer via sacrificial polymer

Auchter, Eric; Marquez, Justin; Yarbro, Stephen L.; Dervishi, Enkeleda

doi:10.1063/1.4986780

Title: A facile alternative technique for large-area graphene transfer via sacrificial polymer

Journal Article · Thu Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2017 · AIP Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4986780· OSTI ID:1415397

^[1]; Marquez, Justin ^[1]; Yarbro, Stephen L. ^[1]; Dervishi, Enkeleda ^[1]

Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

A novel method of transferring large-area graphene sheets onto a variety of substrates using Formvar (polyvinyl formal) is presented. Due to the ease at which formvar can be dissolved in chloroform this method allows for a consistent, a clean, and a more rapid transfer than other techniques including the PMMA assisted one. This novel transfer method is demonstrated by transferring large-area graphene onto a range of substrates including commercial TEM grids, silicon dioxide and glass. Raman spectroscopy was used to confirm the presence of graphene and characterize the morphological properties of the large-area sheets. SEM and AFM analyses demonstrated the effectiveness of our rapid transfer technique for clean crystalline large-area graphene sheets. The removal of the sacrificial polymer was found to be one to two orders of magnitude faster than PMMA methods. Ultimately this facile transfer technique offers new opportunities for a wide range of applications for large-area graphene through the utilization of a new sacrificial polymer.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC); LANL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396; NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1415397

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1411811

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-24525; TRN: US1800796

Journal Information:: AIP Advances, Vol. 7, Issue 12; ISSN 2158-3226

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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