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We have studied the incommensurate moir\'e structure of epitaxial graphene grown on iridium(111) by dynamic low energy electron diffraction [LEED-I(V)] and non-contact atomic force microscopy (AFM) with a CO terminated tip. Our LEED-I(V)…
We report the growth, structural and magnetic properties of the less studied Eu-oxide phase, Eu$_3$O$_4$, thin films grown on a Si/SiO$_2$ substrate and Si/SiO$_2$/graphene using molecular beam epitaxy. The X-ray diffraction scans show that…
Single-crystalline transition metal films are ideal playing fields for the epitaxial growth of graphene and graphene-base materials. Graphene-silicon layered structures were successfully constructed on Ir(111) thin film on Si substrate with…
This work reports on the synthesis of chromium (III, IV) oxides films by KrF laser-assisted CVD. Films were deposited onto sapphire substrates at room temperature by photodissociation of Cr(CO)6 in dynamic atmospheres containing oxygen and…
Soft ferromagnetic NiFe thin films are promising for applications in spintronic devices because of their constituent electrical and magnetic properties. Electron beam evaporation and sputtering techniques have been used to deposit NiFe thin…
Graphene has been widely used in the form of micro-flakes to fabricate composite materials with enhanced mechanical properties. Due to the small size of the inclusions and their random orientation within the matrix, the superior mechanical…
Graphene is prepared with a variety of methods, such as thermal decomposition of SiC, Chemical Vapor Deposition and pulsed laser deposition. We propose another method to prepare graphitic carbon by irradiating lead pencil drawn paper using…
Phase pure \b{eta}-(AlxGa1-x)2O3 thin films are grown on (001) oriented \b{eta}-Ga2O3 substrates via metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD). By systematically tuning the precursor molar flow rates, the epitaxial growth of coherently…
Atomically precise tailoring of graphene can enable unusual transport pathways and new nanometer-scale functional devices. Here we describe a recipe for the controlled production of highly regular "5-5-8" line defects in graphene by means…
We report an atomically-resolved scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) investigation of the edges of graphene grains synthesized on Cu foils by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Most of the edges are macroscopically parallel to the zigzag…
Graphene decorated with 5d transitional metal atoms is predicted to exhibit many intriguing properties; for example iridium adatoms are proposed to induce a substantial topological gap in graphene. We extensively investigated the…
Despite the large literature focused on the growth of graphene (Gr) on 6H-SiC(0001) by chemical vapour deposition (CVD), some important issues have not been solved and full wafer scale epitaxy of Gr remains challenging, hampering…
Carrier dynamics in single-layer graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) is studied using spatially and temporally resolved pump-probe spectroscopy by measuring both differential transmission and differential reflection. By…
Graphene is an emerging class of two-dimensional (2D) material with unique electrical properties and a wide range of potential practical applications. In addition, graphene hybrid structures combined with other 2D materials, metal…
This report introduces the electromagnetic absorption of the catalyst as a novel knob in optimizing chemical vapor deposition of graphene. A chromium film initially deposited at one side of a catalyst copper foil absorbs radiative thermal…
We demonstrate injection, transport and detection of spins in spin valve arrays patterned in both copper based chemical vapor deposition (Cu-CVD) synthesized wafer scale single layer (SLG) and bilayer graphene (BLG). We observe spin…
High-quality nitrogen-doped graphene on nickel is prepared by exploiting both the catalytic properties of nickel and the solubility of nitrogen atoms into its bulk. Following the standard chemical vapor deposition procedure, a previously…
We synthesized three-dimensional nanoporous graphene films by a chemical vapor deposition method with nanoporous copper as a catalytic substrate. The resulting nanoporous graphene has the same average pore size as the underlying copper…
Chemical vapor deposited graphene is nanopatterned by a spherical block-copolymer etch mask. The use of spherical rather than cylindrical block copolymers allows homogeneous patterning of cm-scale areas without any substrate surface…
We describe a method for transferring ultra large-scale CVD-grown graphene sheets. These samples can be fabricated as large as several cm$^2$ and are characterized by magneto-transport measurements on SiO$_2$ substrates. The process we have…