• 文献标题:   Static Capacitive Pressure Sensing Using a Single Graphene Drum
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DAVIDOVIKJ D, SCHEEPERS PH, VAN DER ZANT HSJ, STEENEKEN PG
  • 作者关键词:   static capacitive readout, graphene drum, pressure sensor, minimizing parasitic capacitance, nanomechanic, twodimensional material
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
  • 通讯作者地址:   Delft Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   10
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.7b17487
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

To realize nanomechanical graphene-based pressure sensors, it is beneficial to have a method to electrically readout the static displacement of a suspended graphene membrane. Capacitive readout, typical in micro-electro-mechanical systems, gets increasingly challenging as one starts shrinking the dimensions of these devices because the expected responsivity of such devices is below 0.1 aF/Pa. To overcome the challenges of detecting small capacitance changes, we design an electrical readout device fabricated on top of an insulating quartz substrate, maximizing :the contribution of the suspended membrane to the total capacitance of the device. The capacitance of the drum is further increased by reducing the gap size to 110 nm. Using an external pressure load, we demonstrate the successful detection of capacitance changes of a single graphene drum down to 50 aF, and pressure differences down to 25 mbar.