Grain selective Cu oxidation and anomalous shift of graphene 2D Raman peak in the graphene-Cu system

Understanding the interaction between graphene and its supporting substrate is of paramount importance for the development of graphene based applications. In this work the interplay of the technologically relevant graphene-Cu system is investigated in detail as a function of substrate grain orientat...

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Autores: Bartolomé Vílchez, Javier, Cremades Rodríguez, Ana Isabel, Álvarez Fraga, Leo, Aguilar Pujol, Montserrat X., Cortijo Campos, Sandra, Prieto de Castro, Carlos, Andrés Miguel, Alicia de
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/13000
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/13000
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:538.9
Copper substrate
Growth
Spectroscopy
Orientation
Kinetics
Cu(110)
Transition
Evolution
Spectrum
Crystal
Graphene
Raman spectroscopy
Copper oxidation
Strain
Graphene-substrate interaction
Física de materiales
Física del estado sólido
2211 Física del Estado Sólido
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Sumario:Understanding the interaction between graphene and its supporting substrate is of paramount importance for the development of graphene based applications. In this work the interplay of the technologically relevant graphene-Cu system is investigated in detail as a function of substrate grain orientation in Cu polycrystalline foils. While (100) and (111) Cu grains show the well-known graphene-enhanced oxidation, (110) grains present a superior oxidation resistance compared to uncovered Cu and an anomalous shift of its graphene 2D Raman band which cannot be explained by the known effects of strain and doping. These results are interpreted in terms of a weak graphene-Cu coupling at the (110) grains, and show that graphene can actually be used as anticorrosion coating, contrary to previously reported. The anomalous shift is suggested to be the result of an enhanced outer Raman scattering process which surpasses the usually dominant inner process. Since Raman spectroscopy is widely used as first and main characterization tool of graphene, the existence of an anomalous shift on its 2D band not only challenges the current theory of Raman scattering in graphene, but also has profound implications from an experimental point of view.