• 文献标题:   Laser-Synthesized Epitaxial Graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LEE S, TONEY MF, KO W, RANDEL JC, JUNG HJ, MUNAKATA K, LU J, GEBALLE TH, BEASLEY MR, SINCLAIR R, MANOHARAN HC, SALLEO A
  • 作者关键词:   epitaxial graphene, sic, synthesi, laser, characterization
  • 出版物名称:   ACS NANO
  • ISSN:   1936-0851
  • 通讯作者地址:   Stanford Univ
  • 被引频次:   53
  • DOI:   10.1021/nn101796e
  • 出版年:   2010

▎ 摘  要

Owing to its unique electronic properties, graphene has recently attracted wide attention in both the condensed matter physics and microelectronic device communities. Despite intense interest in this material, an industrially scalable graphene synthesis process remains elusive. Here, we demonstrate a high-throughput, low-temperature, spatially controlled and scalable epltaxial graphene (EG) synthesis technique based on laser-induced surface decomposition of the Si-rich face of a SIC single-crystal. We confirm the formation of EG on SiC as a result of excimer laser irradiation by using reflection high-energy electron diffraction (RHEED), Raman spectroscopy, synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Laser fluence controls the thickness of the graphene film down to a single monolayer. Laser-synthesized graphene does not display some of the structural characteristics observed in EG grown by conventional thermal decomposition on SIC (0001), such as Bemal stacking and surface reconstruction of the underlying SIC surface.