• 文献标题:   Replication of Single Macromolecules with Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   SEVERIN N, DORN M, KALACHEV A, RABE JP
  • 作者关键词:   graphene electronic, analytical science, mechanical exfoliation, scanning probe microscopy, mica, dna
  • 出版物名称:   NANO LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1530-6984 EI 1530-6992
  • 通讯作者地址:   Humboldt Univ
  • 被引频次:   24
  • DOI:   10.1021/nl200846f
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

The electronic properties of graphenes depend sensitively on their deformation, and therefore strain engineered graphene electronics is envisioned.(1-3) In order to deform graphenes locally, we have mechanically exfoliated single and few layer graphenes onto atomically flat mica surfaces covered with isolated double stranded plasmid DNA rings. Using scanning force microscopy in both contact and intermittent contact modes, we find that the graphenes replicate the topography of the underlying DNA with high precision. The availability of macromolecules of different topologies, e.g., programmable DNA patterns,(4) render this approach promising for new graphene based device designs.(1,3) On the other hand, the encapsulation of single macromolecules offers new prospects for analytical scanning probe microscopy techniques.