Ultrafast growth of nanocrystalline graphene films by quenching and grain-size-dependent strength and bandgap opening

Nano-crystallization is essential to tune different properties of materials. Here, the authors report a synthesis strategy that involves quenching of a hot metal foil for few seconds in liquid carbon source to form graphene films of 3.6 nm grain size, showing mechanical strength of 101 GPa and semic...

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Main Authors: Tong Zhao, Chuan Xu, Wei Ma, Zhibo Liu, Tianya Zhou, Zhen Liu, Shun Feng, Mengjian Zhu, Ning Kang, Dong-Ming Sun, Hui-Ming Cheng, Wencai Ren
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2019-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12662-z