2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
▲ [20p-233-3] Graphene nanoelectromechanical (GNEM) devices functionalized by using helium ion beam for nanoscale thermal engineering
Keywords:graphene, phononic crystal, nanofabrication
We report on our recent progress of single-nanometer-scale patterning of suspended graphene structures by using focused helium ion beam of sub-1-nm in diameter and their applications to heat phonon engineering. We demonstrate the technique to fabricate graphene phononic crystals (GPnCs) with the two-dimensional array of 3-4 nm pores with the pitch down to 10 nm on multi-scale suspended graphene channels ranging from 100 nm to a few microns in length and width. We also briefly introduce simulation and characterization techniques for electronic and phonic states in GPnCs and discuss the possibility of GPnC-based thermal rectification devices.