NANOSTRUCTURED GRAPHENE WITH ATOMICALLY-SMOOTH EDGES

摘要

Methods of producing layers of patterned graphene with smooth edges are provided. The methods comprise the steps of fabricating a layer of crystalline graphene on a surface, wherein the layer of crystalline graphene has a crystallographically disordered edge, and decreasing the crystallographic disorder of the edge of the layer of crystalline graphene by heating the layer of crystalline graphene on the surface at an elevated temperature in a catalytic environment comprising carbon-containing molecules.

主权项

1. Patterned graphene comprising a layer of graphene having plurality of features defined therein, wherein the features have internal or external edges that are aligned with the crystallographic direction of the graphene lattice and further wherein the plurality of features comprises at least 1,000 features.