Formation of wrinkles on graphene induced by nanoparticles: atomic force microscopy study
arXiv:1503.08113 · doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2015.08.043
Abstract
Wrinkles in monolayer graphene (GN) affect the GN electronic and transport properties. Defined network of wrinkles can be reached by placing the GN on the substrate decorated with the nanoparticles (NPs). In order to explain mechanism behind the topographically induced changes of the GN electronic structure and to correlate it with the wrinkling, correct description of the GN morphology is of high demand. We demonstrate here how to determine from the atomic force microscopy (AFM) images whether the GN is in the contact with the substrate or it is delaminated, how is the wrinkling of the layer connected with the density of the NPs and if there is the preferential orientation of wrinkles. Also the relevance of detection of the NPs hidden beneath the GN layer is discussed. The study was done on nine samples of the GN on the top of Si-SiO2 substrate, decorated with the metal-oxide NPs of nominal diameter 6 and 10 nm. NP density varied in a range of 20 up to 470 NPs per um2. The projected area of wrinkles was increasing linearly with the increasing NP density, independently on the NP size.
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