High-Quality Uniform Dry Transfer of Graphene to Polymers

• Published in: Nano letters 2012-01, Vol.12 (1), p.102-107
• Main Authors: Lock, Evgeniya H, Baraket, Mira, Laskoski, Matthew, Mulvaney, Shawn P, Lee, Woo K, Sheehan, Paul E, Hines, Daniel R, Robinson, Jeremy T, Tosado, Jacob, Fuhrer, Michael S, Hernández, Sandra C, Walton, Scott G
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: ADHESIVE BONDING; Adhesiveness; BONDING; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; Chemical vapor deposition (including plasma-enhanced cvd, mocvd, etc.); Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Copper; Copper - chemistry; Covalent bonds; Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; DEPOSITION; Desiccation; DRYING; Exact sciences and technology; FOIL; Foils; Fullerenes and related materials; diamonds, graphite; Gases - chemistry; Graphene; Graphite - chemistry; Macromolecular Substances - chemistry; Materials science; Materials Testing; Mechanical and acoustical properties of condensed matter; Mechanical properties of nanoscale materials; Methods of deposition of films and coatings; film growth and epitaxy; MICROSTRUCTURES; Molecular Conformation; Nanostructure; Nanostructures - chemistry; Nanostructures - ultrastructure; Particle Size; Physics; POLYSTYRENE; Polystyrene resins; Polystyrenes - chemistry; RESINS; Specific materials; Surface Properties
• ISSN: 1530-6984; 1530-6992
• DOI: 10.1021/nl203058s

In this paper we demonstrate high-quality, uniform dry transfer of graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition on copper foil to polystyrene. The dry transfer exploits an azide linker molecule to establish a covalent bond to graphene and to generate greater graphene–polymer adhesion compared to that of the graphene–metal foil. Thus, this transfer approach provides a novel alternative route for graphene transfer, which allows for the metal foils to be reused.