Twisted graphene stabilized by organic linkers pillaring

Nanotechnology. 2022 Apr 7;33(26). doi: 10.1088/1361-6528/ac6008.

Abstract

Twisted graphene, including magic angle graphene, has attracted extensive attentions for its novel properties recently. However, twisted graphene is intrinsically unstable and this will obstruct their application in practice, especially for twisted nano graphene. The twist angles between adjacent layers will change spontaneously. This relaxation process will be accelerated under heat and strain. To solve this problem, we propose a strategy of pillaring twisted graphene by organic linkers in theory. The necessity and feasibility of this strategy is proved by numerical calculation.

Keywords: graphene; linkers; organic; stabilized; twisted.