Journal
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 21, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/1/015601
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- Materials, Structures and Devices Focus Center
- Focused Center Research Program
- Semiconductor Research Corporation
- Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
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It has been shown that few-layer graphene films can be grown by atmospheric chemical vapor deposition using deposited Ni thin films on SiO2/Si substrates. In this paper we report the correlation between the thickness variations of the graphene film with the grain size of the Ni film. Further investigations were carried out to increase the grain size of a polycrystalline nickel film. It was found that the minimization of the internal stress not only promotes the growth of the grains with (111) orientation in the Ni film, but it also increases their grain size. Different types of SiO2 substrates also affect the grain size development. Based upon these observations, an annealing method was used to promote large grain growth while maintaining the continuity of the nickel film. Graphene films grown from Ni films with large versus small grains were compared for confirmation.
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