Direct dry transfer of chemical vapor deposition graphene to polymeric substrates

Author(s)

Fechine, Guilhermino J. M. ^[1] ; Martin-Fernandez, Inigo ^{[2, 3, 4]} ; Yiapanis, George ^[5] ; Bentini, Ricardo ^{[2, 3]} ; Kulkarni, Eeshan Sandeep ^{[2, 3, 6]} ; Bof de Oliveira, Ricardo V. ^[7] ; Hu, Xiao ^[8] ; Yarovsky, Irene ^[5] ; Castro Neto, Antonio H. ^{[2, 3, 4, 6]} ; Oezyilmaz, Barbaros ^{[2, 3, 4, 6]}

Affiliation

^[1] Univ Prebiteriana Mackenzie, Graphene & NanoMat Res Ctr MackGraphe, BR-01302907 Sao Paulo - Brazil

^[2] Natl Univ Singapore, Fac Sci, Ctr Adv 2D Mat, Singapore - Singapore

^[3] Natl Univ Singapore, Fac Sci, Ctr Adv 2D Mat, Singapore 117548 - Singapore

^[4] Natl Univ Singapore, Fac Sci, Dept Phys, Singapore 117548 - Singapore

^[5] RMIT Univ, Sch Aerosp Mech & Mfg Engn, Melbourne - Australia

^[6] Natl Univ Singapore, Natl Grad Sch Integrat Sci & Engn, Singapore 117548 - Singapore

^[7] Univ Fed Rio Grande do Sul, Inst Chem, Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil

^[8] Nanyang Technol Univ, Sch Mat Sci & Engn, Singapore - Singapore

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Carbon; v. 83, p. 224-231, MAR 2015.
• Web of Science Citations: 40

Abstract

We demonstrate the direct dry transfer of large area chemical vapor deposition graphene to several polymers (low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, polystyrene, polylactide acid and poly(vinylidenefluoride-co-trifluoroethylene) by means of only moderate heat and pressure, and the later mechanical peeling of the original graphene substrate. Simulations of the graphene-polymer interactions, rheological tests and graphene transfer at various experimental conditions show that controlling the graphene-polymer interface is the key to controlling graphene transfer. Raman spectroscopy and optical microscopy were used to identify and quantify graphene transferred to the polymer substrates. The results showed that the amount of graphene transferred to the polymer can be achieved by fine tuning the transfer conditions. As a result of the direct dry transfer technique, the graphene-polymer adhesion being stronger than graphene to Si/SiO2 wafer. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/50259-8 - Graphene: photonics and opto-electronics: UPM-NUS collaboration
• Grantee: Antonio Helio de Castro Neto
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - SPEC Program