@article{db41dde71e6f491089860014bb0a69cf,
title = "Direct observation of resistive heating at graphene wrinkles and grain boundaries",
abstract = "We directly measure the nanometer-scale temperature rise at wrinkles and grain boundaries (GBs) in functioning graphene devices by scanning Joule expansion microscopy with ∼50 nm spatial and ∼0.2 K temperature resolution. We observe a small temperature increase at select wrinkles and a large (∼100 K) temperature increase at GBs between coalesced hexagonal grains. Comparisons of measurements with device simulations estimate the GB resistivity (8-150 Ω μm) among the lowest reported for graphene grown by chemical vapor deposition. An analytical model is developed, showing that GBs can experience highly localized resistive heating and temperature rise, most likely affecting the reliability of graphene devices. Our studies provide an unprecedented view of thermal effects surrounding nanoscale defects in nanomaterials such as graphene.",
author = "Grosse, {Kyle L.} and Dorgan, {Vincent E.} and David Estrada and Wood, {Joshua D.} and Ivan Vlassiouk and Gyula Eres and Lyding, {Joseph W.} and King, {William P.} and Eric Pop",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.",
year = "2014",
month = oct,
day = "6",
doi = "10.1063/1.4896676",
language = "English",
volume = "105",
journal = "Applied Physics Letters",
issn = "0003-6951",
publisher = "American Institute of Physics",
number = "14",
}