All-carbon vertical van der Waals heterostructures: non-destructive functionalization of graphene for electronic applications

Abstract

Non-destructive chemical functionalization of graphene for applications in electronic devices (e.g., sensors or transducers) is achieved via assembly of carbon nanomembrane (CNM)/single-layer graphene (SLG) van der Waals heterostructures. The CNMs are 1 nm-thick, dielectric molecular sheets terminated with functional amino groups. The structure and performance of heterostructured field-effect transistors (FETs) are characterized by photoelectron/Raman spectroscopy and by electric transport measurements in vacuum, ambient conditions and water.

Keywords: carbon nanomembrane; chemical functionalization; electric and electromagnetic transport; field-effect devices; graphene-based nanosensors; molecular self-assembly; vdW graphene heterostructures.