Routes to rupture and folding of graphene on rough 6H-SiC(0001) and their identification

M. Temmen, O. Ochedowski, B. Kleine Bussmann, M. Schleberger, M. Reichling and T. R. J. Bollmann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 625–631. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.4.69

Cite the Following Article

M. Temmen, O. Ochedowski, B. Kleine Bussmann, M. Schleberger, M. Reichling and T. R. J. Bollmann

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 625–631. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.4.69

How to Cite

Temmen, M.; Ochedowski, O.; Bussmann, B. K.; Schleberger, M.; Reichling, M.; Bollmann, T. R. J. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2013, 4, 625–631. doi:10.3762/bjnano.4.69

Download Citation

Citation data can be downloaded as file using the "Download" button or used for copy/paste from the text window below.
Citation data in RIS format can be imported by all major citation management software, including EndNote, ProCite, RefWorks, and Zotero.

File format:

RIS

BibTeX

Include:

Citation for the article above

Citation and complete reference list for the article above

Download

TY  - JOUR
A1  - Temmen, M.
A1  - Ochedowski, O.
A1  - Bussmann, B. Kleine
A1  - Schleberger, M.
A1  - Reichling, M.
A1  - Bollmann, T. R. J.
T1  - Routes to rupture and folding of graphene on rough 6H-SiC(0001) and their identification
JF  - Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology
PY  - 2013///
VL  - 4
SP  - 625
EP  - 631
SN  - 2190-4286
DO  - 10.3762/bjnano.4.69
PB  - Beilstein-Institut
JA  - Beilstein J. Nanotechnol.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.4.69
KW  - graphene
KW  - Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM), local contact potential difference (LCPD)
KW  - non-contact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM)
KW  - SiC
N2  - Twisted few layer graphene (FLG) is highly attractive from an application point of view, due to its extraordinary electronic properties. In order to study its properties, we demonstrate and discuss three different routes to in situ create and identify (twisted) FLG. Single layer graphene (SLG) sheets mechanically exfoliated under ambient conditions on 6H-SiC(0001) are modified by (i) swift heavy ion (SHI) irradiation, (ii) by a force microscope tip and (iii) by severe heating. The resulting surface topography and the surface potential are investigated with non-contact atomic force microscopy (NC-AFM) and Kelvin probe force microscopy (KPFM). SHI irradiation results in rupture of the SLG sheets, thereby creating foldings and bilayer graphene (BLG). Applying the other modification methods creates enlarged (twisted) graphene foldings that show rupture along preferential edges of zigzag and armchair type. Peeling at a folding over an edge different from a low index crystallographic direction can result in twisted BLG, showing a similar height as Bernal (or AA-stacked) BLG in NC-AFM images. The rotational stacking can be identified by a significant contrast in the local contact potential difference (LCPD) measured by KPFM.
ER  -

Citations to This Article

Up to 20 of the most recent references are displayed here.

Scholarly Works

Sanchez, D. A.; Yuan, L.; Leventhal, A.; Fulco, S.; Cross, G. L. W.; Carpick, R. W. From Auto-Kirigami to Drumheads: Suspended, Self-Tearing, and Strained Graphene Nanostructures Formed by Nanoindentation. Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids 2025, 41, 4491–4497. doi:10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c03914
Ruhl, G.; Wittmann, S.; Matthias, K.; Neumaier, D. The integration of graphene into microelectronic devices. Beilstein journal of nanotechnology 2017, 8, 1056–1064. doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.107
Ochedowski, O.; Lehtinen, O.; Kaiser, U.; Turchanin, A.; Ban-d'Etat, B.; Lebius, H.; Karlušić, M.; Jakšić, M.; Schleberger, M. Nanostructuring graphene by dense electronic excitation. Nanotechnology 2015, 26, 465302. doi:10.1088/0957-4484/26/46/465302
Ochedowski, O.; Lehtinen, O.; Kaiser, U.; Turchanin, A.; Ban-d'Etat, B.; Lebius, H.; Karlušić, M.; Jakšić, M.; Schleberger, M. Nanostructuring Graphene by Dense Electronic Excitation. 2015.
Glatzel, T.; Hölscher, H.; Schimmel, T.; Baykara, M. Z.; Schwarz, U. D.; Garcia, R. Advanced atomic force microscopy techniques II. Beilstein journal of nanotechnology 2014, 5, 2326–2327. doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.241
Temmen, M.; Ochedowski, O.; Schleberger, M.; Reichling, M.; Bollmann, T. R. J. Hydration layers trapped between graphene and a hydrophilic substrate. New Journal of Physics 2014, 16, 053039. doi:10.1088/1367-2630/16/5/053039

Explore citations to this article at

Back To Article

Other Beilstein-Institut Open Science Activities

aromatic	the word “aromatic”
aromatic aldehyde	the word “aromatic” OR “aldehyde”
+aromatic +aldehyde	both words “aromatic” AND “aldehyde”
+aromatic -aldehyde	the word “aromatic” but NOT “aldehyde”
“aromatic aldehyde”	the exact phrase “aromatic aldehyde”
benz*	words which begin with “benz”, such as “benzene” or “benzyl”
benz*yl	words that begin with “benz” and end with “yl”, such as “benzyl” or “benzoyl”
benzyl~	words that are close to the word “benzyl”, such as “benzoyl” (i.e., fuzzy search)