The environment of graphene probed by electrostatic force microscopy

By J. Moser, A. Verdaguer, D. Jiménez, A. Barreiro, A. Bachtold. 2008

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We employ electrostatic force microscopy to study the electrostatic environment of graphene sheets prepared with the micromechanical exfoliation technique. We detect the electric dipole of residues left from the adhesive tape during graphene preparation, as well as the dipole of water molecules adsorbed on top of graphene. Water molecules form a dipole layer that can generate an electric field as large as ∼109Vm−1. We expect that water molecules can significantly modify the electrical properties of graphene devices.

Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry

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• Water on graphene: review of recent progress (2018, methodology): “One of the earliest studies investigating the graphene–water interactions was done by Moser et al using mechanically exfoliated flakes using electrostatic force microscopy (EFM) [95].”