Glaphene: A Hybridization of 2D Silica Glass and Graphene.

ABSTRACT: 2D materials provide ideal platforms for breakthroughs in both fundamental science and practical, real-world applications. Despite the broad diversity of 2D materials, most integration efforts have focused on homo/hetero-structural stacking and Janus structures. In this paper, we introduce "glaphene"-a hybrid of two fundamentally different materials: 2D silica glass and graphene. We propose a metastable hybrid structure based on first-principles calculations, synthesize it via scalable liquid precursor-based vapor-phase growth, and chemically validate the interlayer structure and hybridization using extensive optical and electron spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and atomic-resolution electron microscopy. Using probe microscopy, we reveal that electronic cloud redistribution at the interfac

SUBMITTER: Iyengar SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12392857 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature