Determining Graphene Adhesion via Substrate-regulated Morphology of Graphene

Details Determining Graphene Adhesion via Substrate-regulated Morphology of Graphene Determining Graphene Adhesion via Substrate-regulated Morphology of Graphene

2011-11-09

arxiv.org/abs/1111.2286v1

Journal of Applied Physics, 110, 083526 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

17 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.3656720

Understanding the adhesion between graphene and other materials is crucial for achieving more reliable graphene-based applications in electronic devices and nanocomposites. The ultra-thin profile of graphene, however, poses significant challenge to direct measurement of its adhesion property using conventional approaches. We show that there is a strong correlation between the morphology of graphene on a compliant substrate with patterned surface and the graphene-substrate adhesion. We establish an analytic model to quantitatively determine such a strong correlation. Results show that, depending on the graphene-substrate adhesion, number of graphene layers and substrate stiffness, graphene exhibits two distinct types of morphology: I) graphene remains bonded to the substrate and corrugates to an amplitude up to that of the substrate surface patterns; II) graphene debonds from the substrate and remains flat on top of the substrate surface patterns. The sharp transition between these two types of graphene morphology occurs at a critical adhesion between the graphene and the compliant substrate material. These results potentially open up a feasible pathway to measuring the adhesion property of graphene.

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