Real-time Observations of Metal Nanoparticle Etching in Ultraclean Suspended Graphene

Tim Booth, Henrik Andersen, Jörg R. Jinschek, Thomas Willum Hansen, Jakob Birkedal Wagner, Peter Bøggild, Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski

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    Abstract

    We describe a range of experimental conditions under which we observe unprecedented long-term stability in suspended graphene membranes under intense electron beam irradiation in environmental TEM. The stability and lack of beam-induced contamination permits us to study in real-time the dynamics of high-temperature catalytic etching of graphene sheets by metal nanoparticles. We observe rich particle dynamics with several distinct modes of graphene etching, and consider in which way this may lead to crystallographic nanolithography on a large scale.
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication date2010
    Publication statusPublished - 2010
    Event2010 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit - San Francisco, CA, United States
    Duration: 5 Apr 20109 Apr 2010
    http://www.mrs.org/spring2010/

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    Conference2010 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CitySan Francisco, CA
    Period05/04/201009/04/2010
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