Separation and electrical properties of self-organized graphene/graphite layers

Intrinsic layered structure of graphite is the source of ongoing and expanding search of ways of obtaining low-cost and promising graphite thin layers. We report on a novel method of obtaing and seperating rubbed graphite sheets by using water soluble NaCl substrate. The electrical behavior of sheet...

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Main Authors: Mailian, Manuel R, Mailian, Aram R
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Anisotropy
Electrical measurement
Electrical properties
Graphene
Graphite
Optical microscopy
Rubbing
Sheets
Sodium chloride
Substrates
Thin films
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Summary:Intrinsic layered structure of graphite is the source of ongoing and expanding search of ways of obtaining low-cost and promising graphite thin layers. We report on a novel method of obtaing and seperating rubbed graphite sheets by using water soluble NaCl substrate. The electrical behavior of sheets was characterized by current–voltage measurements. An in-plane electrical anisotropy depending on rubbing direction is discovered. Optical microscopy observations combined with discovered non-linear electrical behavior revealed that friction leads to the formation of sheet makeup which contain an optically transparent lamina of self-organized few-layer graphene.
ISSN:0094-243X
1551-7616
DOI:10.1063/1.4908583