Graphene Adhesion
J Scott Bunch (University of Colorado)
Synthesis, Characterization, and Modeling of Low-Dimensional Nanomaterials
Wed 9:00 - 10:30
Salomon 202
The adhesive interaction of graphene with neighboring materials plays a crucial role in any scientific and technological application involving graphene. Adhesive forces clamp electrical and mechanical devices made from graphene to a substrate, and graphene manufacturing typically requires the transfer of monolayer graphene from a host graphite crystal or the metal substrate onto which it is grown. These adhesive forces are unique in graphene due to its atomic thinness and extreme flexibility. In this talk, I will review our group’s recent experimental results which use a unique pressurized blister test to measure both the short and long range adhesive forces between graphene and a substrate