NIST Transfer of Graphene for Graphene-based Devices Grant Program
2021-NIST-GBD-01
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Graphene, due to its extraordinary electrical, photonic, thermal, and mechanical properties, is a game-changing material for diverse applications such as high-speed transistors, biosensors, photodetectors, and a standard for both resistance and optical absorption coefficient. With the advancement of epitaxial growth techniques, very high-quality graphene can be obtained on silicon carbide (SiC) substrate. Metrological devices such as the Quantum Hall resistance standard with high performance were achieved by fabricating epitaxial graphene directly on SiC substrate. However, many of the applications require transferring graphene to different substrates, other than SiC. The same is true for graphene grown via vapor transport onto copper or other materials. NIST has undertaken a major research effort in graphene for nearly a decade that spans cutting edge research, SI traceable standards, and international documentary standards development. NIST has a long history of working on graphene research collaboratively with other government agencies, academia, and industry.
 Overview The NIST Transfer of Graphene for Graphene-based Devices Grant Program is seeking applications from eligible applicants for research activities to determine effective and efficient methods of transferring graphene grown on SiC (secondarily copper or other chemical vapor deposition (CVD) substrates) to target substrates that are required in many graphene-based devices, especially for high-end applications. The characterization of graphene on said target substrates is necessary and will be used to determine the quality of the resulting graphene. Characterization techniques may include but are not limited to optical microscopy, confocal laser scanning microscopy, SEM, TEM, AFM, and Raman spectroscopy. Quantifying and minimizing defects induced during the transfer is critical to device performance. The electronic, photonic, and other properties of transferred graphene are also of interest. The program’s primary goal is for the recipient to develop and publish a methodology for transferring large-area and high-quality graphene with high reproducibility and scalability to enable commercialization of graphene devices.