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Preparation and characterization of ultrathin free-standing carbon films

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Ultrathin free-standing carbon films with thicknesses of ∼8–14 nm were prepared by peeling from glass after pyrolization of the polyfurfuryl alcohol precursor at 700 °C. The carbon films were characterized by using optical profilometry, confocal Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, UV-vis spectroscopy, and a two-point probe I - V station measurement. The results confirmed the formation of ultrathin free-standing carbon films with a polyaromatic domain structure. Those films had up to a 90% transmittance with respect to air and had an ohmic behavior. In this work, we also suggest that the most likely peeling mechanism of carbon films results from glass corrosion.

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    Hoikwan Lee & Ramakrishnan Rajagopalan

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Lee, H., Rajagopalan, R. Preparation and characterization of ultrathin free-standing carbon films. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 63, 1859–1863 (2013). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.63.1859

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