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Terrace-sized, single-orientation graphene can be grown on top of a carbon buffer layer on silicon carbide by thermal decomposition. Despite its homogeneous appearance, a surprisingly large variation in electron transport properties is…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-21 Tobias A. de Jong , Luuk Visser , Johannes Jobst , Ruud M. Tromp , Sense Jan van der Molen

Since its inception in 2001, the science and technology of epitaxial graphene on hexagonal silicon carbide has matured into a major international effort and is poised to become the first carbon electronics platform. A historical perspective…

We investigate the transport properties of high-quality single-layer graphene, epitaxially grown on a 6H-SiC(0001) substrate. We have measured transport properties, in particular charge carrier density, mobility, conductivity and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-05-29 Johannes Jobst , Daniel Waldmann , Florian Speck , Roland Hirner , Duncan K. Maude , Thomas Seyller , Heiko B. Weber

Epitaxial graphene (EG) produced from SiC surfaces by silicon sublimation is emerging as a material for electronic applications due to its good electronic properties and availability over large areas on a semiconducting substrate. In this…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-03-14 A. Hernández-Mínguez , A. Tahraoui , J. M. J. Lopes , P. V. Santos

We present a new fabrication method for epitaxial graphene on SiC which enables the growth of ultra-smooth defect- and bilayer-free graphene sheets with an unprecedented reproducibility, a necessary prerequisite for wafer-scale fabrication…

We present energy filtered electron emission spectromicroscopy with spatial and wave-vector resolution on few layer epitaxial graphene on SiC$(000-1) grown by furnace annealing. Low energy electron microscopy shows that more than 80% of the…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-27 C. Mathieu , N. Barrett , J. Rault , Y. Y. Mi , B. Zhang , W. A. de Heer , C. Berger , E. H. Conrad , O. Renault

We have investigated epitaxial graphene films grown on SiC(0001) by annealing in an atmosphere of Ar instead of vacuum. Using AFM and LEEM we observe a significantly improved surface morphology and graphene domain size. Hall measurements on…

We demonstrate that the carrier concentration of epitaxial graphene devices grown on the C-face of a SiC substrate is efficiently modulated by a buried gate. The gate is fabricated via the implantation of nitrogen atoms in the SiC crystal,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-14 B. Jouault , N. Camara , B. Jabakhanji , A. Caboni , C. Consejo , P. Godignon , D. K. Maude , J. Camassel

We report on spatial measurements of the superconducting proximity effect in epitaxial graphene induced by a graphene-superconductor interface. Superconducting aluminum films were grown on epitaxial multilayer graphene on SiC. The aluminum…

Graphene is considered to be a promising candidate for future nano-electronics due to its exceptional electronic properties. Unfortunately, the graphene field-effect-transistors (FETs) cannot be turned off effectively due to the absence of…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-02-11 Fengnian Xia , Damon B. Farmer , Yu-ming Lin , Phaedon Avouris

As a viable candidate for an all-carbon post-CMOS electronics revolution, epitaxial graphene has attracted significant attention. To realize its application potential, reliable methods for fabricating large-area single-crystalline graphene…

Graphene layers were created on both C and Si faces of semi-insulating, on-axis, 4H- and 6H-SiC substrates. The process was performed under high vacuum (<10-4 mbar) in a commercial chemical vapor deposition SiC reactor. A method for H2…

Multi-layer epitaxial graphene (MEG) is investigated using far infrared (FIR) transmission experiments in the different limits of low magnetic fields and high temperatures. The cyclotron-resonance like absorption is observed at low…

We show how the weak field magneto-conductance can be used as a tool to characterize epitaxial graphene samples grown from the C or the Si face of Silicon Carbide, with mobilities ranging from 120 to 12000 cm^2/(V.s). Depending on the…

Graphene oxide (GO) flakes have been deposited to bridge the gap between two epitaxial graphene electrodes to produce all-graphene devices. Electrical measurements indicate the presence of Schottky barriers (SB) at the graphene/graphene…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-07-07 Xiaosong Wu , Mike Sprinkle , Xuebin Li , Fan Ming , Claire Berger , Walt A. de Heer

The intrinsic values of the carriers mobility and density of the graphene layers inside graphite, the well known structure built on these layers in the Bernal stacking configuration, are not well known mainly because most of the research…

Materials Science · Physics 2015-05-20 S. Dusari , J. Barzola-Quiquia , P. Esquinazi , N. García

Graphene, the first true two-dimensional material still reveals the most remarkable transport properties among the growing class of two-dimensional materials. Although many studies have investigated fundamental scattering processes, the…

Controlling the type and density of charge carriers by doping is the key step for developing graphene electronics. However, direct doping of graphene is rather a challenge. Based on first-principles calculations, a concept of overcoming…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2011-07-26 Bing Huang , Hongjun Xiang , Su-Huai Wei

A graphene field-effect-transistor (GFET) model calibrated with extracted device parameters and a commercial 65 nm silicon MOSFET model are compared with respect to their radio frequency behavior. GFETs slightly lag behind CMOS in terms of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2012-09-05 Saul Rodriguez , Sam Vaziri , Mikael Ostling , Ana Rusu , Eduard Alarcon , Max C. Lemme

We review progress in developing epitaxial graphene as a material for carbon electronics. In particular, improvements in epitaxial graphene growth, interface control and the understanding of multilayer epitaxial graphene's electronic…