A novel bath lily-like graphene sheet-wrapped nano-Si composite synthesized via a simple spray drying process exhibits a high reversible capacity of 1525 mAh g(-1) and superior cycling stability, which could be attributed to a synergistic effect between highly conductive graphene sheets and active nanoparticles in the open nano/micro-structure."

Tetracycline (TC) is a broad spectrum of antibiotic which is used to cure infectious diseases and cancer. It can cause harmful side effects due to its high absorption in all organs. On the other hand graphene is appropriate to carry drug and release it to special target, organ or cell. It may decrease the side effects of the drug dramatically by using low dosage of medicine. Graphene oxide (GO)...

Large size graphene (LSG) and multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) on LSG were synthesized on a copper surface via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) at low temperature and normal pressure. The LSG were formed through an easy chemical cyclic reaction in which liquid benzene was heated to a temperature below its boiling point to create benzene vapors as graphene precursor material. The reaction mech...

We explore the influence of local strain on the electronic structure of graphene. We show that strain can be easily tailored to generate electron beam collimation, 1D channels, surface states, and confinement. These can be seen as basic elements for all-graphene electronics which, by suitable engineering of local strain profiles, could be integrated on a single graphene sheet. In addition this ...

Kelvin probe force microscopy was used to study the impact of contacts and topography on the local potential distribution on contacted, individual functionalized graphene sheets (FGS) deposited on a SiO2/Si substrate. Negligible contact resistance is found at the graphene/Ti interface and a graphene resistance of 2.3 kΩ is extracted for a single sheet with sub-μm size. Pronounced steps in the t...

We designed a graphene based TEM sample carrier to enable atomically resolved studies of the heat-induced evolution of deposits on graphene. By in-situ application of electric current to a freestanding sheet of graphene, we obtain local temperatures exceeding 1000K. We investigated various heat induced phenomena of gold particles on an atomically clean graphene surface. Initially, the gold nano...

We report a kind of electric field tunable transparent and flexible capacitor with the structure of graphene-Bi1.5MgNb1.5O7 (BMN)-graphene. The graphene films with low sheet resistance were grown by chemical vapor deposition. The BMN thin films were fabricated on graphene by using laser molecular beam epitaxy technology. Compared to BMN films grown on Au, the samples on graphene substrates show...

We characterize the macroscopic effective mechanical behavior of a graphene sheet modeled by a hexagonal lattice with twoand three-point atomic interactions, using Γ-convergence.

We use molecular dynamics simulations to explore the lattice thermal transport in free-standing and supported single-wall carbon-nanotube (SWCNT) in comparison to that in graphene nanoribbon and graphene sheet. For free-standing SWCNT, the lattice thermal conductivity increases with diameter and approaches that of graphene, partly due to the curvature. Supported SWCNT thermal conductivity is re...

We describe the weak localization correction to conductivity in ultrathin graphene films, taking into account disorder scattering and the influence of trigonal warping of the Fermi surface. A possible manifestation of the chiral nature of electrons in the localization properties is hampered by trigonal warping, resulting in a suppression of the weak anti-localization effect in monolayer graphen...