Nanoscale tunable reduction of graphene oxide for graphene electronics

Zhongqing Wei; Debin Wang; Suenne Kim; Soo Young Kim; Yike Hu; Michael K. Yakes; Arnaldo R. Laracuente; Zhenting Dai; Seth R. Marder; Claire Berger; William P. King; Walter A. De Heer; Paul E. Sheehan; Elisa Riedo

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Nanoscale tunable reduction of graphene oxide for graphene electronics

Zhongqing Wei, Debin Wang, Suenne Kim, Soo Young Kim, Yike Hu, Michael K. Yakes, Arnaldo R. Laracuente, Zhenting Dai, Seth R. Marder, Claire Berger, William P. King, Walter A. De Heer, Paul E. Sheehan, Elisa Riedo

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The reduced form of graphene oxide (GO) is an attractive alternative to graphene for producing large-scale flexible conductors and for creating devices that require an electronic gap. We report on a means to tune the topographical and electrical properties of reduced GO (rGO) with nanoscopic resolution by local thermal reduction of GO with a heated atomic force microscope tip. The rGO regions are up to four orders of magnitude more conductive than pristine GO. No sign of tip wear or sample tearing was observed. Variably conductive nanoribbons with dimensions down to 12 nanometers could be produced in oxidized epitaxial graphene films in a single step that is clean, rapid, and reliable.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1373-1376
Number of pages	4
Journal	Science
Volume	328
Issue number	5984
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1188119
State	Published - Jun 11 2010

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