Publication detail

Conversion of chirality to twisting via sequential one-dimensional and two-dimensional growth of graphene spirals

Wang, ZJ. Kong, X. Huang, YA. Li, J. Bao, LH. Cao, KC. Hu, YX. Cai, J. Wang, LF. Chen, H. Wu, YS. Zhang, YW. Pang, F. Cheng, ZH. Babor, P. Kolibal, M. Liu, ZK. Chen, YL. Zhang, Q. Cui, Y. Liu, KH. Yang, HT. Bao, XH. Gao, HJ. Liu, Z. Ji, W. Ding, F. Willinger, MG

English title

Conversion of chirality to twisting via sequential one-dimensional and two-dimensional growth of graphene spirals

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

en

Original abstract

A graphene origami-kirigami technique offers an approach for growing intertwined graphene spirals with fixed twist angles, enabling the chirality of one-dimensional wrinkles to be converted into the twist angle of vertically stacked two-dimensional layers. The properties of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals materials can be tuned through nanostructuring or controlled layer stacking, where interlayer hybridization induces exotic electronic states and transport phenomena. Here we describe a viable approach and underlying mechanism for the assisted self-assembly of twisted layer graphene. The process, which can be implemented in standard chemical vapour deposition growth, is best described by analogy to origami and kirigami with paper. It involves the controlled induction of wrinkle formation in single-layer graphene with subsequent wrinkle folding, tearing and re-growth. Inherent to the process is the formation of intertwined graphene spirals and conversion of the chiral angle of 1D wrinkles into a 2D twist angle of a 3D superlattice. The approach can be extended to other foldable 2D materials and facilitates the production of miniaturized electronic components, including capacitors, resistors, inductors and superconductors.

English abstract

A graphene origami-kirigami technique offers an approach for growing intertwined graphene spirals with fixed twist angles, enabling the chirality of one-dimensional wrinkles to be converted into the twist angle of vertically stacked two-dimensional layers. The properties of two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals materials can be tuned through nanostructuring or controlled layer stacking, where interlayer hybridization induces exotic electronic states and transport phenomena. Here we describe a viable approach and underlying mechanism for the assisted self-assembly of twisted layer graphene. The process, which can be implemented in standard chemical vapour deposition growth, is best described by analogy to origami and kirigami with paper. It involves the controlled induction of wrinkle formation in single-layer graphene with subsequent wrinkle folding, tearing and re-growth. Inherent to the process is the formation of intertwined graphene spirals and conversion of the chiral angle of 1D wrinkles into a 2D twist angle of a 3D superlattice. The approach can be extended to other foldable 2D materials and facilitates the production of miniaturized electronic components, including capacitors, resistors, inductors and superconductors.

Keywords in English

SCREW DISLOCATIONS; EPITAXIAL-GROWTH; SURFACES; GRAPHEN

Released

03.08.2023

Publisher

NATURE PORTFOLIO

Location

BERLIN

ISSN

1476-4660

Volume

1

Number

1

Pages from–to

1–205

Pages count

20

BIBTEX


@article{BUT184484,
  author="Zhu-Jun {Wang} and Petr {Bábor} and Miroslav {Kolíbal},
  title="Conversion of chirality to twisting via sequential one-dimensional and two-dimensional growth of graphene spirals",
  year="2023",
  volume="1",
  number="1",
  month="August",
  pages="1--205",
  publisher="NATURE PORTFOLIO",
  address="BERLIN",
  issn="1476-4660"
}