Abstract: Spiral graphene nanocrystals having electrical conductivity in a vertical direction due to interlayer covalent bonds, a graphene thin film including the spiral graphene nanocrystals, an interconnect structure manufactured from the spiral graphene nanocrystals or the graphene thin film, and a method of manufacturing the interconnect structure and an electronic device including the interconnect structure.

Abstract: Provided is a thin-film structure including a substrate, a nanocrystalline graphene layer provided on the substrate, and a two-dimensional material layer provided on the nanocrystalline graphene layer. The nucleation density of the two-dimensional material layer is 109 ea/cm2 or more according to the nanocrystalline graphene layer, and accordingly, a two-dimensional material layer having an improved uniformity may be formed and a time duration for forming the two-dimensional material layer may be greatly decreased.

Abstract: A substrate-free gas-phase synthesis apparatus and method that is capable of rapidly and continuously producing graphene in ambient conditions without the use of graphite or substrates is provided. Graphene sheets are continuously synthesized in fractions of a second by sending an aerosol consisting of argon gas and liquid ethanol droplets into an atmospheric-pressure microwave-generated argon plasma field. The ethanol droplets are evaporated and dissociated in the plasma, forming graphene sheets that are collected. The apparatus can be scaled for the large-scale production of clean and highly ordered graphene and its many applications. The graphene that is produced is clean and highly ordered with few lattice imperfections and oxygen functionalities and therefore has improved characteristics over graphene produced by current methods in the art.

Abstract: A thin-film composition of nanocrystal molybdenum in an amorphous metallic matrix may be formed by co-sputtering Mo with aluminum or nickel. NEMS cantilevers may be formed from the film. The films exhibit high nanoindentation hardness and a reduction in roughness and intrinsic stress, while maintaining resistivity in the metallic range.

Abstract: A thin-film composition of nanocrystal molybdenum in an amorphous metallic matrix may be formed by co-sputtering Mo with aluminum or nickel. NEMS cantilevers may be formed from the film. The films exhibit high nanoindentation hardness and a reduction in roughness and intrinsic stress, while maintaining resistivity in the metallic range.