• 文献标题:   Effects of annealing on the ripple texture and mechanical properties of suspended bilayer graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   ANNAMALAI M, MATHEW S, JAMALI M, ZHAN D, PALANIAPAN M
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  • 出版物名称:   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS DAPPLIED PHYSICS
  • ISSN:   0022-3727 EI 1361-6463
  • 通讯作者地址:   Natl Univ Singapore
  • 被引频次:   8
  • DOI:   10.1088/0022-3727/46/14/145302
  • 出版年:   2013

▎ 摘  要

Periodic ripples of amplitude similar to 15 nm were formed in suspended bilayer graphene after nanoindentation with incremental forces up to 600 nN. The structure was annealed at similar to 620K in high vacuum and the corresponding modifications in the mechanical properties and surface morphology were investigated. The pre-tension of the pristine sample was found to be 1.46Nm(-1) and after annealing it was reduced to 0.72Nm(-1). The nanometre-sized ripples induced by mechanical excitation were found to be flattened after annealing. Tailoring surface corrugations in bilayer graphene through nanoindentation and thermal engineering of these ripples thus provides an innovative fabrication route for flexible electronic devices and strain sensors.