Growing Uniform Graphene Disks and Films on Molten Glass for Heating Devices and Cell Culture

Abstract

The direct growth of uniform graphene disks and their continuous film is achieved by exploiting the molten state of glass. The use of molten glass enables highly uniform nucleation and an enhanced growth rate (tenfold) of graphene, as compared to those scenarios on commonly used insulating solids. The obtained graphene glasses show promising application potentials in daily-life scenarios such as smart heating devices and biocompatible cell-culture mediums.

Growing three-dimensional biomorphic graphene powders using naturally abundant diatomite templates towards high solution processability

“…In analogy with previously reported growth of graphene via CVD on planar silica-based substrates2728, lattice oxygen at the surface defect sites of amorphous biosilica can also accelerate the capture and pyrolysis of hydrocarbons at high temperature through the formation of C–O and OH bonds. The nucleation and growth process of graphene can thus be promoted with the formation of minimum-energy sp 2 -bonded carbon structure36.…”

“…Graphene growth on planar SiO 2 substrates has been well known with good crystalline quality and much less noncarbon elements as compared with the chemically exfoliated graphene powders2728. Hence, the presented approach based on naturally abundant diatomite is believed to be feasible in principle, giving a route for synthesizing graphene powders with high crystallinity and low cost.…”

Large-Scale Synthesis and Systematic Photoluminescence Properties of Monolayer MoS2 on Fused Silica

“…19 Fused silica, as one of the most ordinary transparent insulating materials, has found plenty of applications in daily life. [28][29][30] Developing facile ways to directly grow uniform, large-area and high-quality monolayer MoS 2 on fused silica has significance in both basic research and low-cost device application.…”

The Critical Role of Substrate in Stabilizing Phosphorene Nanoflake: A Theoretical Exploration

“…Therefore, phosphorene has many unique advantages in electronic and optoelectronic device applications. 10,29 Epitaxial growth techniques, such as chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and physical vapor deposition (PVD), have been widely used to grow 2D materials, including graphene [30][31][32][33][34] , h-BN 5,7 . In fact, epitaxial growth is considered to be one of the most efficient methods to mass-produce 2D materials with high quality, large size and low cost.…”

“…In fact, epitaxial growth is considered to be one of the most efficient methods to mass-produce 2D materials with high quality, large size and low cost. 2,30,33,34,37 Currently, however, phosphorene can only be produced by mechanical exfoliation [9][10][11] or liquid exfoliation 38, 39 from prepared bulk black phosphorus. It is still a significant challenge to directly grow monolayer or few-layer phosphorene by using epitaxial growth, which greatly hinders its mass production and thus applications.…”