Metrological Suitability of Functionalized Epitaxial Graphene

This work presents one solution for long-term storage of epitaxial graphene (EG) in air, namely through the functionalization of millimeter-scale devices with chromium tricarbonyl - Cr(CO)
₃
. The carrier density may be tuned reproducibly by annealing below 400 K due to the presence of Cr(CO)
₃
. All tuning is easily reversible with exposure to air, with the idle, in-air, carrier density always being close to the Dirac point. Precision measurements in the quantum Hall regime indicate no detrimental effects from the treatment, validating the pursuit of developing air-stable EG-based QHR devices.