Lattice Transparency of Graphene
- Authors
- Chae, Sieun; Jang, Seunghun; Choi, Won Jin; Kim, Youn Sang; Chang, Hyunju; Lee, Tae Il; Lee, Jeong-O
- Issue Date
- Mar-2017
- Publisher
- AMER CHEMICAL SOC
- Keywords
- Graphene; transparency; ZnO nanorod; hydrothermal growth; lattice
- Citation
- NANO LETTERS, v.17, no.3, pp.1711 - 1718
- Journal Title
- NANO LETTERS
- Volume
- 17
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 1711
- End Page
- 1718
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/6334
- DOI
- 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b04989
- ISSN
- 1530-6984
- Abstract
- Here, we demonstrated the transparency of graphene to the atomic arrangement of a substrate surface, i.e., the "lattice transparency" of graphene, by using hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorods as a model system. The growth behaviors of ZnO nanocrystals on graphene-coated and uncoated substrates with various crystal structures were investigated. The atomic arrangements of the nucleating ZnO nanocrystals exhibited a close match with those of the respective substrates despite the substrates being bound to the other side of the graphene. By using first-principles calculations based on density functional theory, we confirmed the energetic favorability of the nucleating phase following the atomic arrangement of the substrate even with the graphene layer present in between. In addition to transmitting information about the atomic lattice of the substrate, graphene also protected its surface. This dual role enabled the hydrothermal growth of ZnO nanorods on a Cu substrate, which otherwise dissolved in the reaction conditions when graphene was absent.
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