A reliable way of mechanical exfoliation of large scale two dimensional materials with high quality
Author(s) -
L. Yuan,
Jun Ge,
Xianglin Peng,
Qian Zhang,
Zefei Wu,
Jian Yu,
Xiaolu Xiong,
Hongxing Yin,
Junfeng Han
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
aip advances
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.421
H-Index - 58
ISSN - 2158-3226
DOI - 10.1063/1.4967967
Subject(s) - exfoliation joint , materials science , raman spectroscopy , graphene , layer (electronics) , atomic force microscopy , nanotechnology , oxidizing agent , optical microscope , nanoindentation , microscopy , work (physics) , composite material , optoelectronics , optics , scanning electron microscope , mechanical engineering , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , engineering
In this work, we have developed a modified way of mechanical exfoliation for making two-dimensional materials by introducing a home-designed exfoliation machine. Optical microscopy was employed to identify the thin-layer (mono- and few-layer) flakes primarily. To testify the high efficiency of our modified exfoliation method, we did a simple statistical work on the exfoliation of graphene and WSe2. Further, we used the Raman spectroscopy and the Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) to characterize the samples. The results indicated the high quality of the as-fabricated samples. Finally, we developed an exfoliation technique for working with easily oxidizing samples. Our modified exfoliation method would be intriguing and innovative for fabricating two dimensional materials, providing a facile way for making electronic and optoelectronic devices
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