López-Cámara, Claudia-F.; Fortugno, Paolo; Heidelmann, Markus; Wiggers, Hartmut; Schulz, Christof:
Graphene self-folding : Evolution of free-standing few-layer graphene in plasma synthesis
In: Carbon, Vol. 218 (2024), Article 118732
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Title in English:
Graphene self-folding : Evolution of free-standing few-layer graphene in plasma synthesis
Author:
López-Cámara, Claudia-F.UDE
LSF ID
62035
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connected with university
corresponding author
;Fortugno, PaoloUDE
LSF ID
60235
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connected with university
;Heidelmann, MarkusUDE
GND
101117734X
GND
115540466
LSF ID
57567
ORCID
0000-0001-6804-514XORCID iD
ORCID
0000-0002-6153-6103ORCID iD
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connected with university
;Wiggers, HartmutUDE
GND
172637171
LSF ID
1643
ORCID
0000-0001-8487-9937ORCID iD
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connected with university
;Schulz, ChristofUDE
GND
1148037985
LSF ID
48807
ORCID
0000-0002-6879-4826ORCID iD
Other
connected with university
Year of publication:
2024
Open Access?:
OA Hybrid
DOI
10.1016/j.carbon.2023.118732
Web of Science ID
001146678100001
Scopus ID
85180403049
Language of text:
English
Appears in
Carbon
Place of publication:
Amsterdam
Publisher:
Elsevier
in:
Vol. 218 (2024), Article 118732
ISSN
1873-3891 Show availability online & print
ISSN
0008-6223 Show availability online & print
ZDB ID
2014715-6
Library shelfmark:
70 Z 39
Keyword, Topic:
Gas-phase synthesis ; Graphene ; Graphene folding ; Plasma synthesis
Type of resource:
Text

Abstract in English:

Substrate and catalyst free gas-phase plasma synthesis of freestanding few-layer graphene (FLG) flakes leads to crumpled FLG structures. In this paper, we elucidate a folding-based mechanism and structure-formation process in accordance with literature on the stability of graphene sheets. Transmission electron microscopy is applied to thermophoretically-sampled FLG at various distances from the plasma zone. Single-layer and few-layer graphene were observed, and a morphology pattern evolution could be discerned. A conceptual model of graphene formation and growth is derived, starting from initial rounded single-layer graphene of a few hundred nanometer in diameter to, eventually, self-folded and strongly crumpled FLG.