In situ observation of electrostatic and thermal manipulation of suspended graphene membranes

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5470-5474

  Bao, Wenzhong ^a   Myhro, Kevin ^a   Zhao, Zeng ^a   Chen, Zhen ^b   Jang, Wanyoung ^b   Jing, Lei ^a   Miao, Feng ^a   Zhang, Hang ^a   Dames, Chris ^b   Lau, Chun Ning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

buckling; deflection; Graphene; in situ SEM imaging; sliding; thermal expansion

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MEMBRANES; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; FREE EDGE; GATE VOLTAGES; GRAPHENE SHEETS; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; IN-SITU SEM; INHOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; MEMBRANE DEFLECTIONS; NEGATIVE THERMAL EXPANSION; NUMBER OF LAYERS; OUT-OF-PLANE DEFLECTION; PARABOLIC PROFILES; SLIDING; THERMAL CONTROL; THERMAL MANIPULATION; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

BUCKLING; DEFLECTION (STRUCTURES); ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROSTATICS; MORPHOLOGY; THERMAL EXPANSION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84869181852     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl301836q     Document Type: Article

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