• 文献标题:   Governing Rule for Dynamic Formation of Grain Boundaries in Grown Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   GUO W, WU B, LI YT, WANG LF, CHEN JS, CHEN BY, ZHANG ZY, PENG LM, WANG S, LIU YQ
  • 作者关键词:   grain boundarie, graphene, dynamic formation, chemical vapor deposition, anisotropic etching
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851 EI 1936-086X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Chinese Acad Sci
  • 被引频次:   37
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsnano.5b01827
  • 出版年:   2015

▎ 摘  要

Grains and grain boundaries (GBs) in graphene are vital for the control of its properties; however, engineering or controlling them by growth remains a great challenge. Here we discover that the dynamic formation of GBs within chemical vapor deposited polygonal graphene flakes is described by a geometric rule. A GB is formed to be symmetrically tilted and a continuous straight line, and the key parameters including end point, direction of GB line, and misorientation angles between adjacent graphene grains can be determined solely by the geometries of the polygonal graphene flakes. We also show the growth control over the length of straight graphene GB lines and demonstrate the capability of parallel fabrication of field-effect transistor devices across predicted GBs in a straightforward manner. This work constitutes a significant step forward in engineering grains and GBs in graphene.