• 文献标题:   Self-assembly of suspended graphene wrinkles with high pre-tension and elastic property
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   YANG LS, NIU TX, ZHANG H, XU WJ, ZOU MC, XU L, CAO GX, CAO AY
  • 作者关键词:   graphene wrinkle, gelcracking, graphene oxide, suspended, pretension
  • 出版物名称:   2D MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2053-1583
  • 通讯作者地址:   Peking Univ
  • 被引频次:   9
  • DOI:   10.1088/2053-1583/aa833c
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

Wrinkles exist universally in graphene-based structures, yet their controlled fabrication remains challenging; most graphene wrinkles have been produced either in attachment to elastic substrates or limited in small single sheets. Here, we utilize the phenomenon of gel-cracking to generate uniaxial strains locally on solution-precipitated graphene oxide (GO) sheets, thus creating suspended and aligned wrinkles over the trenches between cracked TiO2 islands. In particular, those GO wrinkles are subjected to a high pre-tension, which is important for making stable suspended configuration, as confirmed by theoretical calculations based on the wrinkle geometry and measured spring constants, respectively. As a result, in situ atomic force microscope indentation reveals elastic deformation with tunable spring constants depending on the gap width. We further obtain chemically reduced GO wrinkles with enhanced spring constants and reversible behavior after 1000 indentation cycles. Our suspended and aligned graphene wrinkles have potential applications in many areas such as sensors, actuators, and micro/ nano electromechanical systems.