Fabrication of three-dimensional graphene-based polyhedrons via origami-like self-folding

Daeha Joung; Daniel Wratkowski; Chunhui Dai; Seokhyeong Lee; Jeong-Hyun Cho

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Fabrication of three-dimensional graphene-based polyhedrons via origami-like self-folding

Daeha Joung, Daniel Wratkowski, Chunhui Dai, Seokhyeong Lee, Jeong-Hyun Cho

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The assembly of two-dimensional (2D) graphene into three-dimensional (3D) polyhedral structures while preserving the graphene's excellent inherent properties has been of great interest for the development of novel device applications. Here, fabrication of 3D, microscale, hollow polyhedrons (cubes) consisting of a few layers of 2D graphene or graphene oxide sheets via an origami-like self-folding process is described. This method involves the use of polymer frames and hinges, and aluminum oxide/chromium protection layers that reduce tensile, spatial, and surface tension stresses on the graphene-based membranes when the 2D nets are transformed into 3D cubes. The process offers control of the size and shape of the structures as well as parallel production. In addition, this approach allows the creation of surface modifications by metal patterning on each face of the 3D cubes. Raman spectroscopy studies show the method allows the preservation of the intrinsic properties of the graphene-based membranes, demonstrating the robustness of our method.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e58500
Journal	Journal of Visualized Experiments
Volume	2018
Issue number	139
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3791/58500
State	Published - Sep 23 2018

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This material is based upon work supported by a start-up fund at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and an NSF CAREER Award (CMMI-1454293). Parts of this work were carried out in the Characterization Facility at the University of Minnesota, a member of the NSF-funded Materials Research Facilities Network (via the MRSEC program. Portions of this work were conducted in the Minnesota Nano Center, which is supported by the National Science Foundation through the National Nano Coordinated Infrastructure Network (NNCI) under Award Number ECCS-1542202. C. D. acknowledges support from the 3M Science and Technology Fellowship.

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3D graphene-based cubes
Engineering
Graphene
Graphene oxide
Issue 139
Microcubes
Origami
Self-folding

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