We present a fabrication method producing large and flat graphene flakes that have a few layers down to a single layer based on substrate bonding of a thick sample of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), followed by its controlled exfoliation down to the few to single graphene atomic layers. As the graphite underlayer is intimately bonded to the substrate during the exfoliation process, t...

We firstly introduce a facile method for the site-specific direct physical exfoliation of few-layer graphene sheets from cheap and easily enlargeable graphite grown on a Ni foil using an optimized polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) stamp. By decreasing the PDMS cross-linking time, the PDMS elasticity is reduced to ∼52 kPa, similar to that of a typical gel. As a result of this process, the PDMS becomes...

Edge-carboxylated graphite (ECG) was produced by grinding pristine graphite in a planetary ball-mill machine. Transmission electron microscope was used to confirm the layers of graphene in ECG. The elemental analyses showed that the oxygen contents are different between ECG samples. The vibrational analysis of singleand five-layered graphene was conducted using finite element method within ANSY...

A kind of tunable hyperbolic metamaterial (HMM) based on the graphene-dielectric layered structure at near-infrared frequencies is presented, and the engineered surface Bloch waves between graphene-based HMM and isotropic medium are investigated. Our calculations demonstrate that the frequency and frequency range of surface Bloch waves existence can be tuned by varying the Fermi energy of graph...

Graphene possesses excellent physical and chemical properties and has potential applications in nanobiological devices and nanoelectromechanical systems such as actuators [1], optoelectronics [2], and biosensors [3]. In addition, the vibrational properties play an important role in structural stability of nanoelectromechanical systems used in dynamic environments. In the recent years, several r...

Introduction Graphene oxide is the liquid oxidation of graphite powder, and consists of a single atomic carbon network derivitized by phenol hydroxyl and epoxide groups on the basal plane and carboxylic acid groups at the edges[1, 2]. The chemical functionalization breaks the extended π−π conjugation of graphene, resulting in an insulating material. However the conductivity may be partially res...

A novel approach to synthesize graphene nanosheet is explored on the basis of the layer-by-layer (LbL) self-assembly of polyallylamine (PAA) and poly(styrene-sulfonate) (PSS) multi-layer with a metallic dopant.

An individual suspended graphene sheet was connected to a scanning tunneling microscopy probe inside a transmission electron microscope, and Joule heated to high temperatures. At high temperatures and under electron beam irradiation, the few-layer graphene sheets were removed layer-by-layer in the viewing area until a monolayer graphene was formed. The layer-by-layer peeling was initiated at va...

graphene microsheets with dimensional control” Carbon 68 (2013) 167-174 DOI 1 High yield synthesis of single-layer graphene microsheets with dimensional control Zhongxin Chen, Ting Huang, Bo Cheng Jin, Jiantong Hu, Hongbin Lu, Steven Nutt 1. State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers, and Department of Macromolecular Science, Fu...

The transfer of chemical vapor deposition (CVD)-grown graphene is the prerequisite for many applications. Herein, we introduce a simple and eco-friendly electrochemical technique to transfer graphene using agarose gel as the solid electrolyte and a mechanical support layer for graphene sheets. This transfer technique will be a perfect candidate for the industrial applications of graphene.