Point projection microscopy (PPM) is used to image suspended graphene by using low-energy electrons (100–205 eV). Because of the low energies used, the graphene is neither damaged nor contaminated by the electron beam for doses of the order of 107 electrons per nm2. The transparency of graphene is measured to be 74%, equivalent to electron transmission through a sheet twice as thick as the cova...

We report on the p doping of graphene with the polymer TFSA ((CF(3)SO(2))(2)NH). Modification of graphene with TFSA decreases the graphene sheet resistance by 70%. Through such modification, we report sheet resistance values as low as 129 Ω, thus attaining values comparable to those of indium-tin oxide (ITO), while displaying superior environmental stability and preserving electrical properties...

Successful synthesis of the stable metal-free two-dimensional polymer graphitic carbon-nitride with remarkable properties has made it as one of the most promising nanostructures in many novel nanodevices, especially photocatalytic ones. Understanding the mechanical properties of nanostructures is of crucial importance. Thus, this study employs density functional theory (DFT) to obtain the mecha...

In this paper, we report on the engineering and the realization of optically transparent graphene-based microwave devices using Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD) graphene whose sheet resistance may be tailored down to values below 30 Ω/sq. In particular, we show that the process was successfully used to realize and characterize a simple, optically transparent graphene-based wire-grid polarizer a...

Doped graphene, a one-atom-thick but highly conductive sheet, provides us with an unprecedented platform to explore surface plasmon and two-dimensional optics in a regime that can hardly be obtained with noble metals or conventional electron gases. Theoretical calculations show that graphene surface plasmon (transverse magnetic mode) shows extraordinarily tight confinement and short wavelength....

Nowadays, electronic devices span a diverse pool of applications, especially when getting smaller and smaller satisfying the more than Moore paradigm. To further develop this, studies focusing on material design toward electronic devices are crucial. Accordingly, we present a theoretical study investigating the possibility of graphene as a promising material for such electronic devices design. ...

This work explores the assembly of large-area heterostructures comprised of a film of silica-encapsulated, semiconducting colloidal quantum dots, deposited via the Langmuir-Blodgett method, sandwiched between two graphene sheets. The luminescent, electrically insulating film served as a dielectric, with the top graphene sheet patterned into an electrode and successfully used as a top gate for a...

We studied the local voltage drop in functionalized graphene sheets of subμm size under external bias conditions by Kelvin probe force microscopy. Using this noninvasive experimental approach, we measured ohmic current-voltage characteristics and an intrinsic conductivity of about 3.7 × 10(5) S/m corresponding to a sheet resistance of 2.7 kΩ/sq under ambient conditions for graphene produced via...

We investigate a novel method of fabricating a network of graphene nanoribbon structures. The process is a sharp departure from conventional nanolithographic techniques in both method and amount of time required. Epitaxial graphene prepared on single crystal 4H-SiC(0001) was etched with O2 plasma through 0.2 μm porous filters adhered to the surface of the sample. Thickness measurements using el...

Folded graphene has exhibited novel electrical and mechanical properties unmatched by pristine graphene, which implies that morphology of graphene adds the dimensionality of design space to tailor its properties. However, how to overcome the energy barrier of the folding process to fold the graphene with the specific morphology remains unexplored. Here we propose a programmable chemical functio...