Transferring and Identification of Single- and Few-Layer Graphene on Arbitrary Substrates

The transferring and identification of single- and few- layer graphene sheets from SiO2/Si substrates to other types of substrates is presented. Features across large areas (∼cm2) having single and few-layer graphene flakes, obtained by the microcleaving of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG), can be transferred reliably. This method enables the fast localization of graphene sheets on substrates on which optical microscopy does not allow direct and fast visualization of the thin graphene sheets. No major morphological deformations, corrugations, or defects are induced on the graphene films when transferred to the target surface. Moreover, the differentiation between single and bilayer graphene via the G′ (∼2700 cm−1) Raman peak is demonstrated on various substrates. This approach opens up possibilities for the fabrication of graphene devices on a substrate material other than SiO2/Si.

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