Rice researchers find subtle interactions with substrate may
lead to better control
(March 16, 2015) What lies beneath growing islands of graphene is important
to its properties, according to a new study led by Rice University.
Scientists at Rice analyzed
patterns of graphene – a single-atom-thick sheet of carbon – grown in a furnace
via chemical vapor deposition. They discovered that the geometric relationship
between graphene and the substrate, the underlying material on which carbon
assembles atom by atom, determines how the island shapes emerge.read entire press release