Method for transferring two-dimensional nanomaterials

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10906286-B2
Application number	US-201916252700-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 20, 2019
Priority date	Jan 27, 2018
Publication date	Feb 2, 2021
Grant date	Feb 2, 2021

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for transferring two-dimensional nanomaterials. The method comprises the following steps: S1, providing a first substrate and a two-dimensional nanomaterial layer on a surface of the first substrate; S2, covering the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer with a carbon nanotube film structure; S3, obtaining a composite structure comprising the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer and the carbon nanotube film structure by removing the first substrate with a corrosion solution; S4, cleaning the composite structure by placing the composite structure on a surface of a cleaning solution; S5, picking up the composite structure from the cleaning solution with a target substrate, by contacting the target substrate with the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer of the composite structure; and S6, removing the carbon nanotube film structure from the composite structure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for transferring two-dimensional nanomaterials comprising:
providing a first substrate and a two-dimensional nanomaterial layer on a surface of the first substrate;
covering the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer with a carbon nanotube film structure;
obtaining a composite structure comprising the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer and the carbon nanotube film structure by removing the first substrate with a corrosion solution;
cleaning the composite structure by placing the composite structure on a surface of a cleaning solution;
picking up the composite structure from the cleaning solution with a target substrate, by contacting the target substrate with the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer of the composite structure; and
removing the carbon nanotube film structure from the composite structure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein a material of the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer is a graphene, a boron nitride, or a molybdenum sulfide.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the carbon nanotube film structure is a free-standing structure, and the carbon nanotube film structure consists of at least two carbon nanotube films stacked with each other.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein each of the carbon nanotube films comprises a plurality of carbon nanotubes joined end-to-end by van der Waals force therebetween and extending approximately along a same extending direction.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the extending directions of the plurality of carbon nanotubes are substantially parallel to a surface of the carbon nanotube film.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the extending directions of the carbon nanotubes in different carbon nanotube films are crossed with each other to form an angle α therebetween, and the angle α ranges from 0 degrees to 90 degrees.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the corrosion solution is an acid solution, an alkali solution, or a salt solution.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cleaning solution is an acid solution or an ultra-pure water.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the process of picking up the composite structure with the target substrate from the cleaning solution comprises: inserting the target substrate into the cleaning solution; and lifting the target substrate to pick up the composite structure.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein during the process of lifting the target substrate, a surface of the target substrate is in contact with and adhere to the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer of the composite structure.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein after the composite structure is picked up, the target substrate and the composite structure are dried.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein removal of the carbon nanotube film structure comprises:
placing a polymer film on a surface of the carbon nanotube film structure away from the target substrate;
treating the polymer film by heating or by irradiation to increase a crosslinking degree of the polymer film; and
tearing off the polymer film from the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein a material of the polymer film is a thermosetting material.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the carbon nanotube film structure is covered with the polymer film.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the polymer film is treated such that the carbon nanotube film structure and the polymer film are torn off from the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer together.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the carbon nanotube film structure consists of n-layer carbon nanotube films stacked with each other, wherein n is an integer greater than or equals to two.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein removal of the carbon nanotube film structure, comprises:
tearing off a first layer carbon nanotube film to an n−1th layer carbon nanotube film of the carbon nanotube film structure sequentially along extending directions of carbon nanotubes of the carbon nanotube film structure, wherein the first layer carbon nanotube film is farthest away from the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer;
placing at least one strip on a surface of a nth layer carbon nanotube film of the carbon nanotube film structure away from the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer, wherein the strip is placed at one side of the nth layer carbon nanotube film, the strip does not cover the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer, and an extending direction of the strip is substantially perpendicular to the extending directions of carbon nanotubes of the nth layer carbon nanotube film; and
tearing off the nth layer nanotube film from the two-dimensional nanomaterial layer as the strip is being torn off along the extending directions of carbon nanotubes of the nth layer carbon nanotube film.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the strip is a polymer film or an adhesive tape.

Assignees

• Univ Tsinghua
• Hon Hai Prec Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cong Lin
• Zhao Wei
• Zhang Jin
• Tsai Yu-Chien
• Jiang Kai-Li
• Fan Shou-Shan

Classifications

• B82Y30/00

  Nanotechnology for materials or surface science, e.g. nanocomposites · CPC title

• B32B7/12

  using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties · CPC title

• B32B37/025 Primary

  Transfer laminating · CPC title

• B32B43/006

  Delaminating · CPC title

• B82B3/0076

  Methods for manipulating nanostructures not provided for in groups B82B3/0066 - B82B3/0071 · CPC title