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    Thermal Dynamics of Graphene Edges Investigated by Polarized Raman Spectroscopy
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    † Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, 637371, Singapore
    ‡ State Key Laboratory on Integrated Optoelectronics, College of Electronic Science and Engineering, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Street, Changchun 130012, China
    § Department of Physics, Southeast University, Nanjing, 211189, China
    ⊥ Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, U.K.
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    In this report, we present Raman spectroscopy investigation of the thermal stability and dynamics of graphene edges. It is found that graphene edges (both armchair and zigzag) are not stable and undergo modifications even at temperature as low as 200 °C. On the basis of polarized Raman results, we provide possible structural models on how graphene edges change during annealing. The zigzag edges rearrange and form armchair segments that are ±30° relative to the edge direction, while armchair edges are dominated by armchair segments even at annealing temperature as high as 500 °C. The modifications of edge structures by thermal annealing (zigzag segments rearrange in form of armchair segments) provide a flexible way to control the electronic properties of graphene and graphene nanostructures.

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