2013
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.4.69
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Routes to rupture and folding of graphene on rough 6H-SiC(0001) and their identification

Abstract: SummaryTwisted 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 topo… Show more

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“…Determined in several experiments, the confined water film is found to have a height of typically 1.5 nm, where figure 1(a) is a representative example. The contrast in KPFM, shown in figure 1(c), is used to distinguish the thinnest sheet thicknesses from each other and from FLG by methods well established in the literature [29,30] and in agreement with our characterization by Raman microscopy. Figure 1(d) shows a histogram of the surface potential values taken from the area enclosed by the dotted line in figure 1(c).…”
Section: Methodssupporting
confidence: 74%
“…Determined in several experiments, the confined water film is found to have a height of typically 1.5 nm, where figure 1(a) is a representative example. The contrast in KPFM, shown in figure 1(c), is used to distinguish the thinnest sheet thicknesses from each other and from FLG by methods well established in the literature [29,30] and in agreement with our characterization by Raman microscopy. Figure 1(d) shows a histogram of the surface potential values taken from the area enclosed by the dotted line in figure 1(c).…”
Section: Methodssupporting
confidence: 74%
“…This huge scientific and technological potential of folded graphene may however only be exploited if reliable methods for controlled folding are at hand. Folding of graphene has so far been achieved by ultrasound sonication [15], the use of chemicals [16], by using the tip of an atomic force microscope (AFM) [17,18], femto-second laser ablation [19], and swift heavy ion irradiation (SHI) [20,21]. Most of the aforementioned methods create foldings in a more or less random way with respect to size and orientation, as well as the number of foldings.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Recently, the magnetic anisotropy has been observed in single or bilayer graphene [11], graphene oxides [12], and in graphene/magnetic heterostructures [13].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%