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The combination of h-BN and high-k dielectrics is required for a top gate insulator in miniaturized graphene field-effect transistors because of the low dielectric constant of h-BN. We investigated the deposition of Y2O3 on h-BN using…
We demonstrate that graphene coating can provide an efficient protection from oxidation by posing a high energy barrier to the path of oxygen atom, which could have penetrated from the top of graphene to the reactive surface underneath.…
We utilize an organic polymer buffer layer between graphene and conventional gate dielectrics in top-gated graphene transistors. Unlike other insulators, this dielectric stack does not significantly degrade carrier mobility, allowing for…
Atomic layer deposition of high-k oxides on graphene.
We investigate the structural damage of graphene underlying dielectrics (HfO2 and Al2O3) by remote plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PE-ALD). Dielectric film is grown on bilayer graphene without inducing significant damage to the…
We show that by using an original method, bulk graphite can be bonded onto borosilicate glass or potentially any insulating substrate with ionic conductivity and then cleaved off to leave single or few layer graphene on the substrate,…
One-dimensional defects in graphene have strong influence on its physical properties, such as electrical charge transport and mechanical strength. With enhanced chemical reactivity, such defects may also allow us to selectively…
Patterned graphene shows substantial potential for applications in future molecular-scale integrated electronics. Environmental effects are a critical issue in a single layer material where every atom is on the surface. Especially…
When epitaxial graphene layers are formed on SiC(0001), the first carbon layer (known as the "buffer layer"), while relatively easy to synthesize, does not have the desirable electrical properties of graphene. The conductivity is poor due…
The deposition of dielectric materials on graphene is one of the bottlenecks for unlocking the potential of graphene in electronic applications. In this paper we demonstrate the plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition of 10 nm thin high…
Large-scale atomically thin metals can be stabilized through confinement epitaxy at graphene / SiC interface, which exhibit a gradient bonding type and are air stable, providing a compelling platform for quantum and optoelectronic…
Transfer of graphene, grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD), to a substrate of choice, typically involves deposition of a polymeric layer (typically, poly(methyl methacrylate, PMMA or polydimethylsiloxane, PDMS). These polymers are quite…
Direct integration of ferroelectric Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 (HZO) on the inert surface of graphene is challenging. Here, using nucleation layers to promote atomic layer deposition of HZO was investigated. Different metals were deposited as nucleation…
Two processes have been proposed to fabricate graphene/NiFe alloy interfaces for tunneling magnetoresistance devices. One is the transfer of graphene and the other is the evaporation of alloys onto graphene. The formation energy of a NiFe…
Bilayer graphene has been a subject of intense study in recent years. We extend a structural phase field crystal method to include an external potential from adjacent layer(s), which is generated by the corresponding phase field and changes…
From both fundamental and technical points of view, a precise control of the layer number of graphene samples is very important. To reach this goal, atomic scale mechanisms of multilayer graphene growth on metal surfaces should be…
We propose an innovative, easy-to-implement approach to synthesize large-area singlecrystalline graphene sheets by chemical vapor deposition on copper foil. This method doubly takes advantage of residual oxygen present in the gas phase.…
We report macroscopic sheets of highly conductive bilayer graphene with exceptionally high hole concentrations of ~ $10^{15}$ $cm^{-2}$ and unprecedented sheet resistances of 20-25 {\Omega} per square over macroscopic scales, and obtained…
We report on a large improvement in the wetting of Al2O3 thin films grown by un-seeded atomic layer deposition on monolayer graphene, without creating point defects. This enhanced wetting is achieved by greatly increasing the nucleation…
Graphene and few-layer graphene at high bias expose a wealth of phenomena due to the high temperatures reached. With in-situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) we observe directly how the current modifies the structure, and vice versa.…