Epitaxial graphene on SiC: a review of growth and characterization

GR Yazdi, T Iakimov, R Yakimova - Crystals, 2016 - mdpi.com
This review is devoted to one of the most promising two-dimensional (2D) materials,
graphene. Graphene can be prepared by different methods and the one discussed here is …

Emerging SiC applications beyond power electronic devices

F La Via, D Alquier, F Giannazzo, T Kimoto, P Neudeck… - Micromachines, 2023 - mdpi.com
In recent years, several new applications of SiC (both 4H and 3C polytypes) have been
proposed in different papers. In this review, several of these emerging applications have …

[HTML][HTML] Production and processing of graphene and related materials

C Backes, AM Abdelkader, C Alonso… - 2D …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
We present an overview of the main techniques for production and processing of graphene
and related materials (GRMs), as well as the key characterization procedures. We adopt …

[HTML][HTML] Integration of graphene and MoS2 on silicon carbide: Materials science challenges and novel devices

F Giannazzo, SE Panasci, E Schilirò, A Koos… - Materials Science in …, 2024 - Elsevier
Although silicon carbide (SiC) is widely regarded as the material of choice for power
electronics, the development of several new applications on the SiC material platform is …

Atomic structure of epitaxial graphene sidewall nanoribbons: flat graphene, miniribbons, and the confinement gap

I Palacio, A Celis, MN Nair, A Gloter, A Zobelli… - Nano …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Graphene nanoribbons grown on sidewall facets of SiC have demonstrated exceptional
quantized ballistic transport up to 15 μm at room temperature. Angular-resolved …

Strong plasmon reflection at nanometer-size gaps in monolayer graphene on SiC

J Chen, ML Nesterov, AY Nikitin, S Thongrattanasiri… - Nano Letters, 2013 - ACS Publications
We employ tip-enhanced infrared near-field microscopy to study the plasmonic properties of
epitaxial quasi-free-standing monolayer graphene on silicon carbide. The near-field images …

Freestanding n-doped graphene via intercalation of calcium and magnesium into the buffer layer–SiC (0001) interface

JC Kotsakidis, A Grubišić-Čabo, Y Yin… - Chemistry of …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The intercalation of epitaxial graphene on SiC (0001) with Ca has been studied extensively,
yet precisely where the Ca resides remains elusive. Furthermore, the intercalation of Mg …

Graphene etching on SiC grains as a path to interstellar polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons formation

P Merino, M Švec, JI Martinez, P Jelinek… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons as well as other organic molecules appear among the
most abundant observed species in interstellar space and are key molecules to …

Combining graphene with silicon carbide: synthesis and properties–a review

I Shtepliuk, V Khranovskyy… - … Science and Technology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Being a true two-dimensional crystal, graphene possesses a lot of exotic properties that
would enable unique applications. Integration of graphene with inorganic semiconductors …

Synthesis of quasi-free-standing bilayer graphene nanoribbons on SiC surfaces

MH Oliveira, Jr, JMJ Lopes, T Schumann… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Scaling graphene down to nanoribbons is a promising route for the implementation of this
material into devices. Quantum confinement of charge carriers in such nanostructures …