AVS 59th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Graphene and Related Materials Focus Topic Thursday Sessions
       Session GR-ThP

Paper GR-ThP10
Controllable Assembly of Aromatic Molecules on a Surface via Diels-Alder Reaction: A Carbon Source for Graphene

Thursday, November 1, 2012, 6:00 pm, Room Central Hall

Session: Graphene and Related Materials Poster Session
Presenter: C.L. Henderson, Georgia Institute of Technology
Authors: C.L. Henderson, Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Baltazar, Georgia Institute of Technology
H. Sojoudi, Georgia Institute of Technology
J. Kowalik, Georgia Institute of Technology
S. Graham, Georgia Institute of Technology
L. Tolbert, Georgia Institute of Technology
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Graphene is of tremendous interest based on its electronic properties, such as mobilities ≥ 200,000 cm2/V-s, as well as a very high thermal conductivity. Furthermore, graphene is one atom thick, making it a perfect substitute for silicon in small high performance devices. Graphene formation by directed chemical synthesis, utilizing intelligently designed precursors that can be converted thermally or chemically to graphene and graphene nanostructures with interesting electronic properties are of great interest. We successfully synthesized a silyl derivative of a maleimide that allows: (1) self-assembly to produce a controllable aromatic monolayer on a CMOS compatible surface, and (2) the ability to perform a reverse Diels-Alder reaction that allows us to obtain the carbonaceous starting material of interest in the surface for further thermal or chemical consolidation. Graphene so produced was analyzed and identified by Raman spectroscopy and other methods.