Cutting nanodisks in graphene down to 20 nm in diameter.
Nanotechnology
; 35(31)2024 May 16.
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ABSTRACT
A direct focused He+beam direct machining is presented to fabricate solid-state nano-disk at the surface of a graphene multilayer micro-flake deposited on an Au/Ti/sapphire surface. At irradiation doses larger than 5.0 × 1017ions cm-2and with a beam size well below 1 nm, graphene disks down to 20 nm in diameter have been machined with for nano-disk down to 50 nm in diameter, a central hole for preparing the positioning of a rotation axle. The local heat generated by this irradiation is inducing a partial graphene amorphization and deformation, leading to a complete graphene nano-disk vaporization at doses larger than 5 × 1018ions cm-2. A dry transfer printing technique followed by a graphene surface cleaning was used to transfer the nano-disks from its initial surface to a fresh and clean surface. Tapping mode atomic force micrograph have been recorded to follow the vaporization as a function of the He+dose to confirm the graphene solid-state nano-disk fabrication limit to about 20 nm with this process.
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Nanotechnology
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2024
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