• 文献标题:   Fabrication, electrical characterization, and detection application of graphene-sheet-based electrical circuits
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   PENG YT, LEI JP
  • 作者关键词:   fabrication, electrical characterization, dielectrophoresi, detection, copper ion
  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS
  • ISSN:   1931-7573 EI 1556-276X
  • 通讯作者地址:   Southeast Univ
  • 被引频次:   4
  • DOI:   10.1186/1556-276X-9-617
  • 出版年:   2014

▎ 摘  要

The distribution of potential, electric field, and gradient of square of electric field was simulated via a finite element method for dielectrophoresis (DEP) assembly. Then reduced graphene oxide sheets (RGOS)- and graphene oxide sheets (GOS)-based electrical circuits were fabricated via DEP assembly. The mechanically exfoliated graphene sheets (MEGS)-based electrical circuit was also fabricated for comparison. The electrical transport properties of three types of graphene-based electrical circuits were measured. The MEGS-based electrical circuit possesses the best electrical conductivity, and the GOS-based electrical circuit has the poorest electrical conductivity among all three circuits. The three types of electrical circuits were applied for the detection of copper ions (Cu2+). The RGOS-based electrical circuit can detect the Cu2+ when the concentration of Cu2+ was as low as 10 nM in solution. The GOS-based electrical circuit can only detect Cu2+ after chemical reduction. The possible mechanism of electron transfer was proposed for the detection. The facile fabrication method and excellent performance imply the RGOS- based electrical circuit has great potential to be applied to metal ion sensors.