Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2012-01-20
ACS Nano, 2011, 5 (5), pp 4123-4130
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
22 pages, 9 figures
Scientific paper
10.1021/nn200799y
Nanometer-scale graphene objects are attracting much research interest because of newly emerging properties originating from quantum confinement effects. We present Raman spectroscopy studies of graphene nanoribbons (GNRs) which are known to have nonzero electronic bandgap. GNRs of width ranging from 15 nm to 100 nm have been prepared by e-beam lithographic patterning of mechanically exfoliated graphene followed by oxygen plasma etching. Raman spectra of narrow GNRs can be characterized by upshifted G band and prominent disorder-related D band originating from scattering at ribbon edges. The D-to-G band intensity ratio generally increases with decreasing ribbon width. However, its decrease for width < 25 nm, partly attributed to amorphization at the edges, provides a valuable experimental estimate on D mode relaxation length of <5 nm. The upshift in the G band of the narrowest GNRs can be attributed to confinement effect or chemical doping by functional groups on the GNR edges. Notably, GNRs are much more susceptible to photothermal effects resulting in reversible hole doping caused by atmospheric oxygen than bulk graphene sheets. Finally we show that the 2D band is still a reliable marker in determining the number of layers of GNRs despite its significant broadening for very narrow GNRs.
Brus Louis E.
Han Melinda Y.
Kim Philip
Maultzsch Janina
Ryu Sunmin
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