Epitaxial graphene on ruthenium

• Published in: Nature materials Vol. 7; no. 5; pp. 406 - 411
• Main Authors: Sutter, Peter W., Flege, Jan-Ingo, Sutter, Eli A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.05.2008; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: Biomaterials; Carbon; Catalysis; Chemistry and Materials Science; Condensed Matter Physics; Crystallography; Electronics; Materials Science; Metals; Nanotechnology; Optical and Electronic Materials; Quantum theory; Ruthenium; Substrates

Graphene has been used to explore the fascinating electronic properties of ideal two-dimensional carbon, and shows great promise for quantum device architectures. The primary method for isolating graphene, micromechanical cleavage of graphite, is difficult to scale up for applications. Epitaxial gro...