Issue 10, 2013

Atomic resolution imaging of graphene by transmission electron microscopy

Abstract

The atomic structure of a material influences its electronic, chemical, magnetic and mechanical properties. Characterising carbon nanomaterials, such as fullerenes, nanotubes and graphene, at the atomic level is challenging due to their chemical reactivity and low atomic mass. Transmission electron microscopy and scanning probe microscopy are two of the leading methods for imaging graphene at the atomic level. Here, we report on recent advances in atomic resolution imaging of graphene using aberration-corrected high resolution transmission electron microscopy and how it has revealed many of the structural deviations from the pristine monolayer form. Structures in graphene such as vacancy defects, edges, grain boundaries, linear chains, impurity dopants, layer number, layer stacking and bond rotations are explored.

Graphical abstract: Atomic resolution imaging of graphene by transmission electron microscopy

Article information

Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
22 Feb 2013
Accepted
26 Mar 2013
First published
18 Apr 2013

Nanoscale, 2013,5, 4079-4093

Atomic resolution imaging of graphene by transmission electron microscopy

A. W. Robertson and J. H. Warner, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 4079 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR00934C

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