Epitaxial graphene growth by carbon molecular beam epitaxy (CMBE)

Adv Mater. 2010 Oct 1;22(37):4140-5. doi: 10.1002/adma.201000756.

Abstract

A novel growth method (carbon molecular beam epitaxy (CMBE)) has been developed to produce high-quality and large-area epitaxial graphene. This method demonstrates significantly improved controllability of the graphene growth. CMBE with C(60) produces AB stacked graphene, while growth with the graphite filament results in non-Bernal stacked graphene layers with a Dirac-like electronic structure, which is similar to graphene grown by thermal decomposition on SiC (000-1).

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Carbon / chemistry*
  • Fullerenes / chemistry
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force
  • Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman

Substances

  • Fullerenes
  • Carbon
  • fullerene C60