• 文献标题:   Nanoscale synthesis and characterization of graphene-based objects
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   FUJITA D
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, nanowire, nanobelt, surface segregation, surface precipitation
  • 出版物名称:   SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OF ADVANCED MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   1468-6996 EI 1878-5514
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Inst Mat Sci
  • 被引频次:   11
  • DOI:   10.1088/1468-6996/12/4/044611
  • 出版年:   2011

▎ 摘  要

Graphene-based nano-objects such as nanotrenches, nanowires, nanobelts and nanoscale superstructures have been grown by surface segregation and precipitation on carbon-doped mono-and polycrystalline nickel substrates in ultrahigh vacuum. The dominant morphologies of the nano-objects were nanowire and nanosheet. Nucleation of graphene sheets occurred at surface defects such as step edges and resulted in the directional growth of nanowires. Surface analysis by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has clarified the structure and functionality of the novel nano-objects at atomic resolution. Nanobelts were detected consisting of bilayer graphene sheets with a nanoscale width and a length of several microns. Moire patterns and one-dimensional reconstruction were observed on multilayer graphite terraces. As a useful functionality, application to repairable high-resolution STM probes is demonstrated.