• 文献标题:   Direct visualization of large-area graphene domains and boundaries by optical birefringency
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KIM DW, KIM YH, JEONG HS, JUNG HT
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  • 出版物名称:   NATURE NANOTECHNOLOGY
  • ISSN:   1748-3387
  • 通讯作者地址:   Korea Adv Inst Sci Technol
  • 被引频次:   166
  • DOI:   10.1038/NNANO.2011.198
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

The boundaries between domains in single-layer graphene(1-4) strongly influence its electronic properties(5-12). However, existing approaches for domain visualization, which are based on microscopy and spectroscopy(2,12-16), are only effective for domains that are less than a few micrometres in size. Here, we report a simple method for the visualization of arbitrarily large graphene domains by imaging the birefringence of a graphene surface covered with nematic liquid crystals. The method relies on a correspondence between the orientation of the liquid crystals and that of the underlying graphene, which we use to determine the boundaries of macroscopic domains.