Levitated Spinning Graphene

By Bruce E. Kane

Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

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I will describe a method for levitating micron-sized few layer graphene flakes in a quadrupole ion trap. Starting from a liquid suspension containing graphene, charged flakes are injected into the trap using the electrospray ionization technique and are probed optically. At micro-torr pressures, torques from circularly polarized light cause the levitated particles to rotate at frequencies exceeding 1 MHz, which can be inferred from modulation of light scattering off the rotating flake when an electric field resonant with the rotation rate is applied. I will present possible applications of these techniques, both to fundamental measurements of the mechanical and electronic properties of graphene and to new approaches to graphene crystal growth, modification and manipulation.

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  • Bruce E. Kane (2011), "Levitated Spinning Graphene," https://nanohub.org/resources/10003.

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203 Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

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