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Figure13.Free-standinggraphene lmsshowextremelyhightensilestrength.(a)Cross-sectionalSEMimageofgraphiteoxidestackingina lmproducedby ltration.[ReprintedwithpermissionfromNature(),ref105.Copyright2007NaturePublishingGroup.](b)Chemicalreductionproducesa lmwithshinyluster[ReprintedwithpermissionfromScience(),ref125.Copyright2008AmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience.]
Figure14.Solutionprocessingallowsdepositionofsynthesized/modi edgrapheneinavarietyofdensities.(a)SEMimagesofdifferent lmsspin-coatedfromhydrazine.(b)SEMandatomicforcemicroscopyimagesofagraphiteoxide lmdepositedbyLangmuir-Blodgettassembly.(Reprintedwithpermissionfromref107.Copyright2009AmericanChemicalSociety.)(c)Multilayercoatingsarestillquitetransparent.[ReprintedwithpermissionfromNature(),ref109.Copyright2008NaturePublishingGroup.]
deviceswerefabricatedbye-beamlithographyon akesaround1µm2insize.31Morerecently,Ruoff’sgroupandourownhaveproducedmuchlarger akes,whichenabledustodemonstratescalablearraysof eld-effectdevicesusingconventionalphotolithography(seeFigure15).96,101
Thequalityofthe2Dlatticeinchemicallyderivedgrapheneissacri cedduringoxidationasthehybridizationofmanycarbonschangesfromplanarsp2totetrahedralsp3andthesheetpuckers.Thishasseveralconsequencesindeviceperformance.Unlikethosemadefrommechanicallyderivedgraphene,weobservedp-typecurrentmodulationfortop-contactandback-gated eld-effectdevices.Weattributethistoresidualoxidation,whichprovidesdeeptrapstatesforelectronsandlimitsanygatemodulationtothatofholes.Anotherconsequenceisinhibitedmobility,whichweestimateatlessthan1000cm2/(Vs).
Whilethesepropertieshaveledsometoquestiontheappropriatenessofchemicallyderivedgraphene-basedde-
vices,thematerialhasprovidedanexcellentplatformfortestingnoveldevicestructures.Furthermore,researchershavegainedvaluableexperienceintegratingasolution-basedtechniqueintodevicefabrication.Thosemethodswillcarryovershouldaless-severeroutetocompleteexfoliationbedeveloped.
5.1.4.PracticalSensors
Whilesingle-moleculedetectionfrommechanicallyex-foliatedgraphenewasanexcitingproof-of-principle,thedif cultyofproducingthinspecimensandtherequirementofultrahighvacuumlimitsthepracticalityofthesedevices.Recently,anumberofgroups,includingRobinson’sattheNavalResearchLaboratoryandourown,havedemonstratedgoodsensitivityforNO2,NH3,anddinitrotolueneunderambientconditionsusingchemicallyderivedgraphene(seeFigure16).103,110