Issue 6, 2017

Metallic nanoislands on graphene: a metamaterial for chemical, mechanical, optical, and biological applications

Abstract

Graphene decorated with metallic nanoparticles exhibits electronic, optical, and mechanical properties that neither the graphene nor the metal possess alone. These composite films have electrical conductivity and optical properties that can be modulated by a range of physical, chemical, and biological signals. Such properties are controlled by the morphology of the nanoisland films, which can be deposited on graphene using a variety of techniques, including in situ chemical synthesis and physical vapor deposition. These techniques produce non-random (though loosely defined) morphologies, but can be combined with lithography to generate deterministic patterns. Applications of these composite films include chemical sensing and catalysis, energy storage and transport (including photoconductivity), mechanical sensing (using a highly sensitive piezroresistive effect), optical sensing (including so-called “piezoplasmonic” effects), and cellular biophysics (i.e. sensing the contractions of cardiomyocytes and myoblasts).

Graphical abstract: Metallic nanoislands on graphene: a metamaterial for chemical, mechanical, optical, and biological applications

Article information

Article type
Minireview
Submitted
08 Jul 2017
Accepted
14 Aug 2017
First published
14 Aug 2017

Nanoscale Horiz., 2017,2, 311-318

Metallic nanoislands on graphene: a metamaterial for chemical, mechanical, optical, and biological applications

B. C. Marin, J. Ramírez, S. E. Root, E. Aklile and D. J. Lipomi, Nanoscale Horiz., 2017, 2, 311 DOI: 10.1039/C7NH00095B

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