Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Graphene-enabled and directed nanomaterial placement from solution for large-scale device integration

  • Michael Engel,
  • Damon B. Farmer,
  • Jaione Tirapu Azpiroz,
  • Jung-Woo T. Seo,
  • Joohoon Kang,
  • Phaedon Avouris,
  • Mark C. Hersam,
  • Ralph Krupke,
  • Mathias Steiner

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06604-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The placement of nanomaterials at predefined locations is a key requirement for their integration in nanoelectronic devices. Here, the authors devise a method allowing placement of solution-based nanomaterials by using structured graphene layers as deposition sites with the aid of an electric field.