• 文献标题:   Local Organization of Graphene Network Inside Graphene/Polymer Composites
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ALEKSEEV A, CHEN DL, TKALYA EE, GHISLANDI MG, SYURIK Y, AGEEV O, LOOS J, DE WITH G
  • 作者关键词:   graphene composite, conductiveafm, electrostatic force microscopy, 3d reconstruction
  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1616-301X EI 1616-3028
  • 通讯作者地址:   Eindhoven Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   34
  • DOI:   10.1002/adfm.201101796
  • 出版年:   2012

▎ 摘  要

The local electrical properties of a conductive graphene/polystyrene (PS) composite sample are studied by scanning probe microscopy (SPM) applying various methods for electrical properties investigation. We show that the conductive graphene network can be separated from electrically isolated graphene sheets (GS) by analyzing the same area with electrostatic force microscopy (EFM) and conductive atomic force microscopy (C-AFM). EFM is able to detect the graphene sheets below the sample surface with the maximal depth of graphene detection up to approximate to 100 nm for a tip-sample potential difference of 3 V. To evaluate depth sensing capability of EFM, the novel technique based on a combination of SPM and microtomy is utilized. Such a technique provides 3D data of the GS distribution in the polymer matrix with z-resolution on the order of approximate to 10 nm. Finally, we introduce a new method for data correction for more precise 3D reconstruction, which takes into account the height variations.