Quasi-periodic nanoripples in graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition and its impact on charge transport

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1158-1164

  Ni, Guang Xin ^a,b   Zheng, Yi ^a   Bae, Sukang ^c   Kim, Hye Ri ^c   Pachoud, Alexandre ^a,d   Kim, Young Soo ^c,e   Tan, Chang Ling ^a   Im, Danho ^f   Ahn, Jong Hyun ^c,g   Hong, Byung Hee ^c,f   Özyilmaz, Barbaros ^a,b,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^f NONE   (South Korea)

^g Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

anisotropic; charge transport; CVD graphene; flexural phonon scattering; quasi periodic nanoripple arrays; sheet resistance; transparent electrodes

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPIC; ANISOTROPIC CHARGE TRANSPORT; CHARGE MOBILITIES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; DEVICE APPLICATION; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; GRAIN BOUNDARY DENSITIES; GRAIN SIZE; GRAPHENE DEVICES; GRAPHENE GROWTH; HIGH-TEMPERATURE GROWTH; NANORIPPLES; POLYCRYSTALLINE; QUASI-PERIODIC; RESISTANCE VALUES; SINGLE GRAINS; TRANSFER METHOD; TRANSFER PROCESS; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

CHARGE TRANSFER; COPPER; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRAPHENE; PHONON SCATTERING; SHEET RESISTANCE;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84863229943     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn203775x     Document Type: Article

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