Meanwhile, physicists and chemists at HZB produced graphene surfaces
several square centimeters in size so that edge effects play hardly any role in comparison to the surface processes.
Not exact matches
Trinity College's Coleman says that the solution - based exfoliation methods, which to date produce graphene up to
several tens of microns wide, are probably best suited for «middle - size industrial quantities, whereas the Intels of the world will likely be more interested in growing huge areas of graphene using CVD - type processes,» which so far can make samples up to a few
square centimeters.
The team crushed a sample containing tiny crystals of osmium and liquid argon between the jeweled jaws of a diamond anvil, which exerts
several hundred tons per
square centimeter of pressure.
We have created sample sizes of a few
square centimeters, and since we think that our method is scalable, we believe that we can grow sheets that are up to
several square inches or larger, paving the way to realistic large - scale applications.»
The SSE films could also be made larger —
several centimeters square — without generating pinholes.