~50 μm single crystal graphene with hexagonal flower shape was synthesized on copper foils by low pressure chemical vapor deposition (LPCVD). The strong influence of Cu foils annealing on suppressing the nucleation of graphene was observed. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Optical microscopy (OM), and Raman spectrum showed that single crystal graphene as grown was monolayer with high quality. Suppressing nucleation through an annealing procedure offers an promising way to grow large-scale single crystal graphene controllably.
Due to their unique one-dimensional nanostructure along with excellent mechanical, electrical, and optical properties, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) become a promising material for diverse nanotechnology applications. However, large-scale and structure controlled synthesis of CNTs still have many difficulties due to the lack of understanding of the fundamental growth mechanism of CNTs, as well as the difficulty of controlling atomic-scale physical and chemical reactions during the nanotube growth process. Especially, controlling the number of graphene wall, diameter, and chirality of CNTs are the most important issues that need to be solved to harness the full potential of CNTs. Here we report the large-scale selective synthesis of vertically aligned single walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) and double walled carbon nanotubes (DWNTs) by controlling the size of catalyst nanoparticles in the highly effective oxygen assisted thermal chemical vapor deposition (CVD) process. We also demonstrate a simple but powerful strategy for synthesizing ultrahigh density and diameter selected vertically aligned SWNTs through the precise control of carbon flow during a thermal CVD process.
On a semi-open holder, the homoepitaxial lateral growth of single-crystal diamond (SCD) was carried out via microwave plasma chemical vapor deposition (MPCVD). By tuning and optimizing two different structures of...
<p class="1Body">MgO films were epitaxially grown on single crystal MgO substrates by atmospheric-pressure chemical vapor deposition (CVD). Reciprocal lattice mappings and X-ray reflection pole figures were used to evaluate the crystal quality of the synthesized films and their epitaxial relation to their respective substrates. The X-ray diffraction profiles indicated that the substrates were oriented out-of-plane during MgO crystal growth. Subsequent pole figure measurements showed how all the MgO films retained the substrate in-plane orientations by expressing the same pole arrangements. The reciprocal lattice mappings indicated that the whisker film showed a relatively strong streak while the continuous film showed a weak one. Hence, highly crystalline epitaxial MgO thin films were synthesized on single crystal MgO substrates by atmospheric-pressure CVD.</p>
Growth of Millimeter-Size Single Crystal Graphene on Cu Foils by Circumfluence Chemical Vapor Deposition