• 文献标题:   Self-assembly of graphene nano-particles on biocompatible polymer through dewetting
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   BASU S, NAIK BV, ANKARAO K, PATRA P, SARKAR J
  • 作者关键词:   grapheneorigami, graphene nanoribbon, selfassembly, filmtearing, marangoni flow
  • 出版物名称:   SURFACES INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   2468-0230
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  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1016/j.surfin.2021.101009 EA FEB 2021
  • 出版年:   2021

▎ 摘  要

In this work, we present the formation of unique self-assembled graphene patterns at the interface between graphene and a thin polystyrene (PS) film at room temperature. When a minute amount of graphene dispersed in a solvent is added on PS and spin-coated into a thin film, the concentration gradient caused by centrifugal force leads to a Marangoni flow that in conjunction with the dewetting of the underlying PS at the edges lead to a series of very interesting and self-assembled morphologies of graphene. At the particle enriched zone near the center, the graphene-particles exhibit morphologies ranging from folds, wrinkles, flakes, onion-rings to blob structures depending on the aspect ratio. The graphene-particles thrown to the periphery are found to march back towards the central portion leading to the unique formation of very ordered nano-scale scratches on the PS substrate. The nano-particles that end up into the confined rims in the intermediate region get twisted into nano-ribbons and dendrimers. The paper sheds light on the forces responsible for the evolution of different origami structures formed as a result of the underlying dewetting dynamics without the aid of any high-end instrumentation or process. Since these self-assembled structures are formed over a bio-compatible polymer, the structures are anticipated to find applications in fabricating biosensor, super-capacitors, and biomedical microfluidic devices.