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Ultrahigh electron mobility in suspended graphene

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-13 v2 Materials Science

Abstract

We have achieved mobilities in excess of 200,000 cm^2/Vs at electron densities of ~2*10^11 cm^-2 by suspending single layer graphene. Suspension ~150 nm above a Si/SiO_2 gate electrode and electrical contacts to the graphene was achieved by a combination of electron beam lithography and etching. The specimens were cleaned in situ by employing current-induced heating, directly resulting in a significant improvement of electrical transport. Concomitant with large mobility enhancement, the widths of the characteristic Dirac peaks are reduced by a factor of 10 compared to traditional, non-suspended devices. This advance should allow for accessing the intrinsic transport properties of graphene.

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@article{arxiv.0802.2389,
  title  = {Ultrahigh electron mobility in suspended graphene},
  author = {K. I. Bolotin and K. J. Sikes and Z. Jiang and M. Klima and G. Fudenberg and J. Hone and P. Kim and H. L. Stormer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0802.2389},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures, references updated

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