Large-Size Suspended Mono-Layer Graphene Film Transfer Based on the Inverted Floating Method

• Main Authors: Qin Wang, Ying Liu, Fangsong Xu, Xiande Zheng, Guishan Wang, Yong Zhang, Jing Qiu, Guanjun Liu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-05-01
• Series: Micromachines
• Subjects: suspended graphene; IFM; damage mechanism; defects; stress concentration
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/2072-666X/12/5/525

Suspended graphene can perfectly present the excellent material properties of graphene, which has a good application prospect in graphene sensors. The existing suspended graphene pressure sensor has several problems that need to be solved, one of which is the fabrication of a suspended sample. It is still very difficult to obtain large-size suspended graphene films with a high integrity that are defect-free. Based on the simulation and analysis of the kinetic process of the traditional suspended graphene release process, a novel setup for large-size suspended graphene release was designed based on the inverted floating method (IFM). The success rate of the single-layer suspended graphene with a diameter of 200 μm transferred on a stainless-steel substrate was close to 50%, which is greatly improved compared with the traditional impregnation method. The effects of the defects and burrs around the substrate cavity on the stress concentration of graphene transfer explain why the transfer success rate of large-size suspended graphene is not high. This research lays the foundation for providing large-size suspended graphene films in the area of graphene high-precision sensors.