Growing Uniform Graphene Disks and Films on Molten Glass for Heating Devices and Cell Culture

Yubin Chen; Jingyu Sun; Junfeng Gao; Feng Du; Qi Han; Yufeng Nie; Zhaolong Chen; Alicja Bachmatiuk; Manish Kr Priydarshi; Donglin Ma; Xiuju Song; Xiaosong Wu; Chunyang Xiong; Mark H Rümmeli; Feng Ding; Yanfeng Zhang; Zhongfan Liu

doi:10.1002/adma.201504229

Growing Uniform Graphene Disks and Films on Molten Glass for Heating Devices and Cell Culture

Adv Mater. 2015 Dec 16;27(47):7839-46. doi: 10.1002/adma.201504229. Epub 2015 Oct 20.

Authors

Yubin Chen¹, Jingyu Sun¹, Junfeng Gao², Feng Du³, Qi Han⁴, Yufeng Nie¹, Zhaolong Chen¹, Alicja Bachmatiuk⁵, Manish Kr Priydarshi¹, Donglin Ma¹, Xiuju Song¹, Xiaosong Wu⁴, Chunyang Xiong³, Mark H Rümmeli^{5

6}, Feng Ding², Yanfeng Zhang^{1

7}, Zhongfan Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ Center for Nanochemistry (CNC), Beijing Science and Engineering Center for Nanocarbons, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China.
² Institute of Textiles and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, P. R. China.
³ Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China.
⁴ State Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China.
⁵ Centre of Polymer and Carbon Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences, M. Curie-Sklodowskiej 34, Zabrze, 41-819, Poland.
⁶ Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 440-746, Republic of Korea.
⁷ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China.

PMID: 26485212
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201504229

Abstract

The direct growth of uniform graphene disks and their continuous film is achieved by exploiting the molten state of glass. The use of molten glass enables highly uniform nucleation and an enhanced growth rate (tenfold) of graphene, as compared to those scenarios on commonly used insulating solids. The obtained graphene glasses show promising application potentials in daily-life scenarios such as smart heating devices and biocompatible cell-culture mediums.

Keywords: chemical vapor deposition; daily-life applications; graphene; molten glass; uniform disks.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Atmospheric Pressure
Biocompatible Materials / chemistry*
Calcium Compounds / chemistry
Culture Media / chemistry*
Glass / chemistry*
Graphite / chemistry*
Hot Temperature*
Models, Molecular
Molecular Conformation
Optical Phenomena
Oxides / chemistry
Sodium Hydroxide / chemistry

Substances

Biocompatible Materials
Calcium Compounds
Culture Media
Oxides
soda lime
Sodium Hydroxide
Graphite