Graphene and its sensor-based applications: A review

A Nag, A Mitra, SC Mukhopadhyay - Sensors and Actuators A: physical, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper presents an overview of the work done on graphene in recent years. It explains
the preparation techniques, the properties of graphene related to its physio-chemical …

Current understanding of the growth of carbon nanotubes in catalytic chemical vapour deposition

V Jourdain, C Bichara - Carbon, 2013 - Elsevier
Due to its higher degree of control and its scalability, catalytic chemical vapour deposition is
now the prevailing synthesis method of carbon nanotubes. Catalytic chemical vapour …

Defects in graphene: generation, healing, and their effects on the properties of graphene: a review

L Liu, M Qing, Y Wang, S Chen - Journal of Materials Science & …, 2015 - Elsevier
Graphene has attracted immense investigation since its discovery. Lattice imperfections are
introduced into graphene unavoidably during graphene growth or processing. These …

Mechanisms of graphene growth by chemical vapour deposition on transition metals

CM Seah, SP Chai, AR Mohamed - Carbon, 2014 - Elsevier
Graphene has become the focus of research recently due to its properties. Various methods
have been proposed for the synthesis of graphene, and chemical vapour deposition (CVD) …

Improved electrical conductivity of graphene films integrated with metal nanowires

IN Kholmanov, CW Magnuson, AE Aliev, H Li… - Nano …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Polycrystalline graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on metals and
transferred onto arbitrary substrates has line defects and disruptions such as wrinkles …

Graphene nucleation on transition metal surface: structure transformation and role of the metal step edge

J Gao, J Yip, J Zhao, BI Yakobson… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - ACS Publications
The nucleation of graphene on a transition metal surface, either on a terrace or near a step
edge, is systematically explored using density functional theory calculations and applying …

[HTML][HTML] Graphene as a flexible electronic material: mechanical limitations by defect formation and efforts to overcome

SM Lee, JH Kim, JH Ahn - Materials Today, 2015 - Elsevier
Defects in chemical vapor deposition (CVD) graphene seriously weaken its mechanical
properties, and are harmful to other impressive physical properties. In particular, the poor …

Dynamic State and Active Structure of Ni–Co Catalyst in Carbon Nanofiber Growth Revealed by in Situ Transmission Electron Microscopy

H Fan, L Qiu, A Fedorov, MG Willinger, F Ding… - ACS …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Alloy catalysts often show superior effectiveness in the growth of carbon
nanotubes/nanofibers (CNTs/CNFs) as compared to monometallic catalysts. However, due …

Growth intermediates for CVD graphene on Cu (111): carbon clusters and defective graphene

T Niu, M Zhou, J Zhang, Y Feng… - Journal of the American …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Graphene growth on metal films via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) represents one of the
most promising methods for graphene production. The realization of the wafer scale …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive assessment of empirical potentials for carbon materials

C Qian, B McLean, D Hedman, F Ding - APL Materials, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Carbon materials and their unique properties have been extensively studied by molecular
dynamics, thanks to the wide range of available carbon bond order potentials (CBOPs) …