• 文献标题:   Mass measurement of graphene using quartz crystal microbalances
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   DOLLEMAN RJ, HSU M, VOLLEBREGT S, SADER JE, VAN DER ZANT HSJ, STEENEKEN PG, GHATKESAR MK
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  • 出版物名称:   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
  • ISSN:   0003-6951 EI 1077-3118
  • 通讯作者地址:   Delft Univ Technol
  • 被引频次:   1
  • DOI:   10.1063/1.5111086
  • 出版年:   2019

▎ 摘  要

Current wafer-scale fabrication methods for graphene-based electronics and sensors involve the transfer of single-layer graphene by a support polymer. This often leaves some polymer residue on the graphene, which can strongly impact its electronic, thermal, and mechanical resonance properties. To assess the cleanliness of graphene fabrication methods, it is thus of considerable interest to quantify the amount of contamination on top of the graphene. Here, we present a methodology for the direct measurement of the mass of the graphene sheet using quartz crystal microbalances (QCMs). By monitoring the QCM resonance frequency during removal of graphene in an oxygen plasma, the total mass of the graphene and contamination is determined with sub-graphene-monolayer accuracy. Since the etch-rate of the contamination is higher than that of graphene, quantitative measurements of the mass of contaminants below, on top, and between graphene layers are obtained. We find that polymer-based dry transfer methods can increase the mass of a graphene sheet by a factor of 10. The presented mass measurement method is conceptually straightforward to interpret and can be used for standardized testing of graphene transfer procedures in order to improve the quality of graphene devices in future applications.