• 文献标题:   Self-Assembled Pyrene Stacks and Peptide Monolayers Tune the Electronic Properties of Functionalized Electrolyte-Gated Graphene Field-Effect Transistors
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   THODKAR K, CAZADE PA, BERGMANN F, LOPEZCALLE E, THOMPSON D, HEINDL D
  • 作者关键词:   pipi stacking, cvd graphene, peptide, fluorescence microscopy, molecular thin film
  • 出版物名称:   ACS APPLIED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   1944-8244 EI 1944-8252
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  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1021/acsami.0c18485 EA FEB 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

Aromatic molecules such as pyrenes are a unique class of building units for graphene functionalization, forming highly ordered pi-pi stacks while peptides provide more complex, biocompatible linkers. Understanding the adsorption and stacking behavior of these molecules and their influence on material properties is an essential step in enabling highly repeatable 2D material-based applications, such as biosensors, gas sensors, and solar cells. In this work, we characterize pyrene and peptide self-assembly on graphene substrates using fluorescence microscopy, atomic force microscopy and electrolyte-gated field-effect measurements supported by quantum mechanical calculations. We find distinct binding and assembly modes for pyrenes versus peptides with corresponding distinct electronic signatures in their characteristic charge neutrality point and field-effect slope responses. Our data demonstrates that pyrene- and peptide-based self-assembly platforms can be highly beneficial for precisely customizing graphene electronic properties for desired device technologies such as transport-based biosensing graphene field-effect transistors.