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Recently, two-dimensional (2D) materials, including graphene, its derivatives, metal films, MXenes and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), have been widely studied because of their tunable electronic structures and special electrical and optical properties. However, during the fabrication of these 2D materials with atomic thickness, formation of wrinkles or folds is unavoidable to enable their stable existence. Meaningfully, it is found that wrinkled structures simultaneously impose positive changes on the 2D materials. Specifically, the architecture of wrinkled structures in 2D materials additionally induces excellent properties, which are of great importance for their practical applications. In this review, we provide an overview of categories of 2D materials, which contains formation and fabrication methods of wrinkled patterns and relevant mechanisms, as well as the induced mechanical, electrical, thermal and optical properties. Furthermore, these properties are modifiable by controlling the surface topography or even by dynamically stretching the 2D materials. Wrinkling offers a platform for 2D materials to be applied in some promising fields such as field emitters, energy containers and suppliers, field effect transistors, hydrophobic surfaces, sensors for flexible electronics and artificial intelligence. Finally, the opportunities and challenges of wrinkled 2D materials in the near future are discussed.
Wenjun Chen obtained his PhD majoring in condensed matter physics from Sun Yat-sen University in 2018. He currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at Tsinghua-Berkeley Shenzhen Institute (TBSI), Tsinghua University. His research focus is on preparation of 2D materials and heterostructures based on 2D materials and their applications in flexible sensors.
Xuchun Gui graduated from Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) with a PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineeing in 2011. He joined Sun Yat-Sen University as an assistant professor in 2011, and was appointed an associate professor in 2014. His current research interests are the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials and 2D materials, and their use in energy storage, flexible devices and sensors.
It is appealing that 2D materials with rough structures exhibit many novel physical properties and trigger to distinguishing application trends, in comparison to their flat counterparts. The wrinkled structures lead to the distortion of the intrinsic lattice structures. Wrinkle engineering is also an effective tool for tuning the electronic properties, such as the planar mobility of electrons44 and energy gap of 2D materials.45 Wrinkles further affect the thermal diffusivity because the thermal transmission is dependent on the electron transfer.46 In addition, wrinkles greatly improve the flexibility including bending, twist and stretchability.47 Therefore, in recent years, efforts have been made to seek methods for highly controllable wrinkling of 2D materials. In comparison to random wrinkles, 1D or 2D wrinkled patterns can be fabricated by transferring 2D materials onto some target substrates, such as substrates with ordered microstructures,48 pre-stretched polymers49 and thermally induced shrinkable substrates.50 The formation of these ordered wrinkles relies on the morphology or deformation state of the supporting substrates. And the interactions at the liquid–gas interfaces also can initiate the self-assembly of wrinkled graphene.47,51 Based on the wrinkle architecture, the mechanical, electrical and thermal properties of the 2D materials can be tuned facilely. What's more important, the high stretchability of 2D materials realizes the dynamic tunability of these properties by stretching. Flexible electronics based on wrinkled structures have drawn much attention for application in wearable electronic devices, artificial skins, panel displays, touch apparatus, health surveillance and environmental monitoring.33,52–55 Apart from their high-performance operation, some electronic devices are endowed with waterproof and anti-oxidation properties by constructing roughened structures.56–59 In these cases, flexible energy sources and electrodes are also requested. Microstructured 2D materials with ultralow height, high optical transmittance, great stretchability and convenient integration are expected to fulfill the requirements in the future.
Here, we provide a comprehensive overview paying attention to the recent progress in 2D materials with wrinkled structures, including the formation methods and mechanism, structural features, induced outstanding properties and potential applications (Fig. 1). The highly controllable methods of growth or target substrate molding, mechanical stress, and self-assembly for fabrication of patterned 2D materials are specifically described. We also focus on the improvement of isotropic and anisotropic flexibility and electrical conductivity introduced by the wrinkled patterns. These properties optimize the applications of 2D graphene, MXenes, TMDs, metals, and polymers in field emitters, energy containers and suppliers, field effect transistors, hydrophobic surfaces, sensors and other wearable devices. Finally, we discuss the opportunities and challenges of wrinkled 2D materials in the near future.
Fig. 1 Overview diagram of wrinkled 2D materials demonstrating the features and applications. Figures of wrinkled 2D materials:58 Copyright 2017, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Figures of controllable patterns:60,61 Copyright 2014, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Copyright 2013, American Chemical Society. Figure of mechanical sensors:62 Copyright 2014, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Figures of hydrophobic surfaces:49 Copyright 2013, Macmillan Publishers Limited. Electrodes figure:63 Copyright 2016, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. Figure of energy storage:64 Copyright 2014, Macmillan Publishers Limited. Figures of chemical detection:58 Copyright 2017, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
In this section, based on the preparation methods and transfer processes of 2D materials, the approaches on controllable wrinkling in 2D materials will be discussed in detail. We also focus on the morphology and formation mechanism of these wrinkled structures. Eventually, some achievements in fabrication of wrinkles in 2D materials via various processes are summarized, as shown in Table 1.
Whatever method is used to prepare 2D materials, wrinkled structures are spontaneously formed in the samples. But the formation mechanism is different. For the samples fabricated by micromechanical exfoliation, the random formation of steps and wrinkles is due to the inhomogeneous breakage of layered van der Waals forces. For the samples fabricated by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), the rough topography of the growth substrates and the thermal stress during the cooling process jointly induced the formation of wrinkles in 2D materials. Additionally, it should not be neglected that crumpled and hierarchical structures of 2D materials can be easily obtained and controlled by the universal preparation method of chemical intercalation and exfoliation.65 The following sections mainly focus on the formation of wrinkles in 2D materials, which are prepared by micromechanical exfoliation and CVD.
Fig. 2 (a) Optical microscopy image of exfoliated MoS2.70 Copyright 2014, Macmillan Publishers Limited. (b) Optical microscopy image of scrolled graphene after exfoliation.76 Copyright 2012, American Chemical Society. Inset is the schematic of the graphene scroll.81 Copyright 2012, American Chemical Society. (c) Constant-current STM topograph of a graphene wrinkle.78 Copyright 2009, American Chemical Society. Inset is the schematic of the wrinkle.82 Copyright 2012, American Chemical Society. (d) AFM characterization of exfoliated 2D talc.73 Copyright 2015, IOP Publishing Ltd. (e) SEM image of curved graphene formed by mechanical manipulation.79 Copyright 2010, American Chemical Society. (f) Suspended exfoliated graphene.80 Copyright 2010, American Physical Society.
Fig. 3 (a) SEM image of graphene on Cu foil.92 Copyright 2009, American Association for the Advancement of Science. (b) STM topography of a Cu substrate with steps.96 Copyright 2011, American Chemical Society. (c) Optical microscopy image of cracks on Ni foil after reduction.97 Copyright 2009, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (d) TEM image of MoS2.86 Copyright 2014, American Chemical Society. AFM image of graphene grown on (e) Cu(111) and (f) Cu(100) domain.98 Copyright 2013, The Royal Society of Chemistry. (g) SEM image of wrinkled graphene on a PDMS substrate.99 Copyright 2013, American Chemical Society. (h) SEM image of graphene grown on an orderly rough Cu substrate.100 Copyright 2011, American Chemical Society. (i) Low-magnification and (j) high-magnification image of crumpled MoS2 on a PS substrate.57 Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society. (k) SEM image of a graphene film grown on CNTs.102 Copyright 2016, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (l) SEM image of a hierarchically structured graphene array on PDMS.105 Copyright 2016, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (m) Optical microscopy image of graphene grown on Cu foil by CVD.47 Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society. (n) DFM image of graphene prepared on a Ni substrate.97 Copyright 2009, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (o) SEM images of graphene synthesized on thin and thick Ni foils (inset).113 Copyright 2009, Macmillan Publishers Limited. (p) SEM image of CVD-grown buckled MoS2 on a graphene substrate.114 Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society.
Irrespective of whether the 2D materials are peeled off from the bulk material by micromechanical exfoliation, synthesized by CVD or prepared by other methods, transferring them onto target substrates is a necessary procedure for further expected applications. During the transfer processes, the interactions between the 2D film and the substrate could affect the formation of new wrinkles. Furthermore, the wrinkled structures are also affected by the morphology or state of the target substrates.
Fig. 4 (a) AFM image of graphene transferred onto a SiO2/Si substrate.40 Copyright 2011, Tsinghua University Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. (b) AFM characterization of graphene transferred onto a SiO2 substrate.87 Copyright 2013, Macmillan Publishers Limited. (c) SEM image of graphene on a polymer substrate based on the wet-transfer method.123 Copyright 2016, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (d) SEM image of graphene transferred onto a polycarbonate film.124 Copyright 2009, Elsevier Ltd. (e) AFM image of graphene after transfer.127 Copyright 2012, American Institute of Physics.
Fig. 5 (a) Process schematics of fabrication of large-area wrinkled graphene on a solution surface.47 Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society. (b–d) SEM images of wrinkled graphene with different RMS assembled on the surface of ethanol/DI water solutions with different concentrations.47 Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society. (e), (f) and (g) 3D-view AFM images corresponding to (b), (c) and (d) respectively.47 Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society. (h) AFM image of wrinkled rGO after hydrazine vapor and thermal treatments.133 Copyright 2014, American Chemical Society. (i) AFM image of ordered protrusions on the surface of a polymer film. The inset is the 3D view.150 Copyright 2015, American Chemical Society. (j) SEM image of crumpled graphene nanosheets.121 Copyright 2015, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
where γgl′, γgs′ and γsl′ are the surface energy between air and solution, air and 2D material, and 2D material and solution. According to the discussion in the above paragraph, if γgs′ + γsl′ > γgl′, then ΔG < 0, which leads to the increase of roughness. Consequently, this method has the potential to be applied for controllable fabrication of wrinkled structures in 2D materials because it is independent of the state, properties, and morphology of any target substrates. And the self-assembled samples can be “fished out” by arbitrary substrates.
where ω is the solute volume fraction, Δσ is the surface tension difference between the solute and the solvent, H is the initial mean thickness of the liquid film, μ is the initial solution viscosity, and D is the mutual diffusion coefficient. The Marangoni effect is exhibited when Ma is larger than the critical value Mc = 80.139 In this case, when a droplet of the solutions of GO or rGO nanosheets dissolved in pure ethanol is dropped into DI water, the nanosheets rapidly self-assemble to form a membrane on the surface of the solution.147 The surface tension difference between ethanol and water generates the Marangoni effect, and the Marangoni force inspires the self-assembly. The wrinkles on the acquired graphene membrane become denser with increasing concentration of the nanosheets/ethanol solution. Moreover, adding organics (e.g. ethyl acetate) into the DI water with rGO fragments also can spur the self-organization of a rGO film in a few minutes, which is attributed to the combination of the Rayleigh–Bénard convection and the Marangoni effect.136 On the other hand, the Marangoni effect is introduced in one fluid by the local temperature difference.146,148,149 For instance, Cu foil is commonly used as the catalyst for the synthesis of graphene by the method of CVD. However, during the process of rising temperatures, periodic ripples or dendrite structures form because of the generation of the Marangoni force on the melted Cu surface, which is regarded as a layer of thin fluid. Furthermore, ordered protrusions (Fig. 5i) or hollows with a height of more than 200 nm on the surface of different kinds of photopolymer film are conveniently fabricated based on the Marangoni effect.150 The reason is that lasers melt the exposed regions of the photopolymer with a mask to change the local surface tension. Different surface tensions between the exposed and rest places result in the Marangoni flow. In addition, the Marangoni effect exists in one droplet on a substrate due to the difference of surface tension between the side and top places.130,140 The rGO sheets in ethanol can be sprayed on a hemispherical water droplet, and graphene crumples form during the evaporation process, which further demonstrates the unavoidable formation of 2D material wrinkles during the transfer process onto target substrates (Fig. 5j).121 In conclusion, the method for interfacial assembly of wrinkled structures is rapid and highly controllable to broaden the application fields of 2D materials.
2.2.2 Transfer onto organized microstructured substrates. The interaction between 2D materials and the destination substrate influences the formation of wrinkles. Accordingly, depositing 2D membranes on the pre-processed substrates with organized microstructures is a significant method to acquire wrinkled architectures.151–153 Thus, the large-area and continuous film substrate with organized microstructures is prepared first. Currently, many mature techniques are being widely used to design a microstructured destination substrate with pyramids,154,155 pillars,156–158 spheres,159 hollows160,161 or tips.162–165 For example, the schematics shown in Fig. 6a illustrate the universal procedures used to obtain a molding substrate.154 First, ordered pyramid hollows are etched on the silicon substrate. Then liquid PDMS is irrigated on the processed Si substrate and it fully fills the hollows. After solidification of the PDMS, which is easily peeled off from the Si substrate, pyramid protrusion arrays are observable on the surface, as shown in Fig. 6b.154 Subsequently, 2D materials need to be transferred onto the patterned polymers. Rather than spraying, the graphene derivatives are easily and closely deposited on the microstructured PDMS substrate by a layer-by-layer method, which is essentially based on electrostatic attraction. It is observed in Fig. 6c that dense nanoscale rGO wrinkles form on the homogeneous micro-pyramids.62 Flexible polymers are usually utilized as the mold because of the convenient and perfect separation from the solid Si mold. The polymer substrates are also the target substrates for applications of 2D materials. The GO sheets/ethanol solution was injected into the PDMS substrate with orderly arranged cubic hollows; then, self-supporting GO cubic tube arrays with a height of 850 nm can be peeled off by tape without any supporting substrates (Fig. 6d).161 The height of the as-manufactured microstructures completely relies on the topography of the designed mould. In comparison, additional wrinkles with nanoscale height on the microstructures can be ignored.
Fig. 6 (a) Schematic of the procedure of the fabrication of a microstructured PDMS film.154 Copyright 2010, Macmillan Publishers Limited. (b) Tilted SEM image of micro pyramids on the as-fabricated PDMS film in (a) after peeling-off.154 Copyright 2010, Macmillan Publishers Limited. (c) SEM image of GO pyramids generated on the PDMS film. The inset is the high-magnification SEM image of a pyramid.62 Copyright 2014, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (d) 3D AFM view of GO arrays.161 Copyright 2016, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (e) SEM image of graphene transferred onto a Si substrate with pillar arrays.48 Copyright 2014, American Chemical Society. (f) SEM image of graphene on ZnO nanotips.166 Copyright 2012, American Institute of Physics. (g) SEM image of graphene on Si nanopillars.167 Copyright 2016, IOP Publishing Ltd.
It is concluded that the formation of microstructures of 2D materials on patterned substrates dramatically relies on the morphology of the substrates. According to the simulated model mentioned above, the wrinkling of 2D films can be controlled by modifying the geometry of the target substrates.
where A is the maximum height of the wrinkles, λx and λy are the wavelength in two directions respectively. In the case of equally biaxial pre-strain, λx = λy, which enables the wrinkled graphene to be stretched in any directions without physical damage.
Fig. 7 (a and b) SEM images of 1D and 2D graphene wrinkles on PDMS substrates respectively. Insets are the corresponding fabrication schematic diagrams.49 Copyright 2013, Macmillan Publishers Limited. (c and d) FEM simulations of wrinkles of polymer films formed by different strains and release sequences of the pre-stretched PDMS substrates.181 Copyright 2012, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (e) SEM image of wrinkled Au films under biaxial compression.182 Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society. (f) SEM image of CdS under uniaxial compression.171 Copyright 2016, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (g) SEM image of ReSe2 wrinkles.183 Copyright 2015, American Chemical Society. (h) SEM image of wave-like nanofibers.184 Copyright 2015, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Owing to this mechanical instability, it is reasonable to further devise different shrinkage sequences for the fabrication of various wrinkled patterns in 2D materials. There are two main factors to be controlled to tune the morphology. One is each pre-strain in two orthogonal directions jointly affecting the final wavelength of the wrinkles. The other is the direction-dependent relaxation order, which principally imposes its effects on the eventual direction of the wrinkles.180 The finite element method (FEM) gives simulated models to reveal the wrinkled patterns of an ethylene glycol diacrylate (EGDA) polymer thin film formed on the pre-stretched PDMS substrate after biaxial relaxation. In Fig. 7c, the larger strain (20%) is released first followed by the second relaxation of the smaller strain (10%) in the vertical direction leading to polymer wrinkles with a long wavelength and obtuse jog angles.181 In contrast, if the EDGA on PDMS with smaller pre-strain (20%) is first relaxed to its initial state followed by the release of the larger one, the obtained wrinkles possess shorter wavelength and much smaller jog angles (Fig. 7d).181 Therefore, it can be summarized that the pre-strains and release sequences in two stretching directions play synergistic roles in wrinkling of 2D materials. It is expected that much more wrinkled patterns will be acquired on the biaxially pre-stretched substrates by simultaneous and alternating multiple relaxations in two orthogonal directions. Because of the strong dependence on the properties and pre-strain states of the stretchable substrates, the wrinkled patterns cannot be transferred onto other substrates.
In recent years, theoretical feasibility and experimental facility have motivated this strain-based mechanical method to be applied for wrinkle construction in categories of 2D materials such as metal membranes (Fig. 7e),182 TMDs (Fig. 7f and g),171,183 and even 1D nanofibers (Fig. 7h).184 In addition, it is indicated that transferring a layer of thin film onto a stress-free polymer substrate followed by their repeated stretching would trigger the formation of buckled structures due to the mismatch of elastic properties such as Young's modulus and Poisson's ratio.185,186 By these methods, the corresponding physical properties of 2D materials can be effectively tuned, which significantly broaden their application fields.
where t is the thickness of the thin film, vs and vf are the Poisson ratio of the substrate and film respectively, Es and Ef are Young's modulus of the substrate and film respectively. This mathematical model is also appropriate for other cases of wrinkle formation on hierarchical 2D materials. Accordingly, the 3D topography transformed from in-plane 2D morphology can be conveniently controlled by changing the thickness of the 2D film and the categories of the polymer substrate. 2D materials can be commonly prepared by highly controllable methods such as CVD, EB evaporation, sputter and spray techniques by which the thickness can be tuned. And different polymers possess different physical parameters such as Young's modulus, Poisson's ratio and critical temperature for mechanical deformation. It is noted that the wrinkling happens when the temperature reaches the critical one. The obtained wrinkled structures remain stable and do not release after cooling down to ambient temperature.
Regularly, these polymer substrates shrink biaxially to form isotropic wrinkles. As shown in Fig. 8a, isotropically wrinkled structures of graphene transferred onto a thermo-shrinkable polystyrene (PS) sheet are generated when the polymer substrate is heated above its glass transition temperature.50 1D wrinkles with a certain wavelength can be fabricated by fixing two sides of the composite sheet before the temperature rises to the critical value, which makes it retract uniaxially. Other than the natural properties of the retractable polymer substrates and 2D films, their multiple shrinkages also make important contributions to modulate the final patterns. For instance, Fig. 8b demonstrates the wrinkled topography of graphene formed by three-time shrinkage procedures, which complies with the 2D–1D–2D sequences.193 This method is also suitable for graphene composites to fabricate 3D structures (Fig. 8c).189 We conclude that controlling the shrinkage times and each corresponding direction is reasonable to manufacture much more 3D patterned surfaces in 2D materials,50,194 the height of which increases to three orders of magnitude compared with their original flat state (from several nanometers to micrometers).
Fig. 8 (a) Schematic of the process of fabrication of wrinkled structures on thermally induced shrinkable substrates.50 Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society. (b) SEM images of graphene crumples.193 Copyright 2016, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (c) SEM images of wrinkled graphene/gold nanoparticle composites.189 Copyright 2015, American Chemical Society. (d) SEM image of suspended graphene after thermal annealing.179 Copyright 2009, Macmillan Publishers Limited.
where A, λ, and L are the amplitude, wave length and length of the wrinkle respectively, t represents the thickness of the membrane, and v is the Poisson ratio of the film. In addition, the whole wrinkled patterns are also affected by the thermal parameters such as temperature and the thermal expansion coefficient of the film. Theories have indicated the research directions to fabricate supported and suspended wrinkles of 2D materials. Thermally induced engineering is viewed as a significantly controllable method.
In the case of 2D materials, the structures play a very important role in their physical features including optical, mechanical, electrical and thermal properties. Different methods have been implemented to controllably fabricate 2D materials with a wrinkled structure to tune corresponding properties. The effects of mechanical, electrical and thermal properties of 2D materials imposed by the wrinkles are discussed in detail in the following sections.
The mechanical properties of 2D materials, including stiffness, Young's modulus, breaking strength, Poisson's ratio, shearing and stretchability, are important for their realistic applications. These intrinsic properties are firstly affected by the lattice structures as well as the layer numbers. However, wrinkled patterns distort the perfect crystal structures and impose significant effects on the mechanical properties. Moreover, the wrinkled architecture can be controlled to tune the anisotropy of some properties. In addition, the mechanical nature can be conveniently modulated if the 2D materials are under deformation, specifically pressure and tension strain.
Fig. 9 (a) Schematic illustration and (b) corresponding SEM image of graphene over a hole for nanoindentation measurements.4 Copyright 2013, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Stress–strain curve of (c) flat and (d) wrinkled graphene. The inset in (c) is the central deflection of graphene versus the applied pressure.205 Copyright 2015, Macmillan Publishers Limited. (e) Schematic of directionally uniform textured graphene and tests of its isotropic mechanical properties.209 Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society. (f) Schematics and (g) mechanism of a microstructured conductive PEDOT:PSS/PUD film and (h) its state and electrical measurements under compression.210 Copyright 2014, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Simultaneously, the breaking strength of graphene with the natural value of ∼42 N m−1 is significantly improved due to the existence of wrinkles.3,4 Here, another parameter related to the breaking strength, that is, stretchability is used to discuss the graphene features. Actually, there is an interplay between the stiffness and stretchability. In the study of the tensile deformation of conductive 2D materials, their electrical parameters such as resistance and current are widely employed to concretely reveal the structural modification. For instance, the resistance of graphene suddenly rises due to the emergence of fractures during the stretching process.208 It is reported in one of our previous works that a wrinkled architecture based on interfacial instability is able to enormously enhance the intrinsic stretchability of CVD-grown graphene of approximately 20% to over 100%.47 And its resistance changes slightly under a high tensile strain of 40%, which demonstrates the relaxation of graphene wrinkles without apparent physical degradation.47 Furthermore, wrinkled patterns impart anisotropic stretchability to 2D materials under elastic stretching, according to their directionality. As indicated in Fig. 9e, construction of omnidirectional graphene textures results in their isotropic stretchability, which is reflected by the unobservable changes of the resistance under the same tension strain of 30% in different stretching directions.209 For example, although 1D periodic graphene wrinkles determine the great improvement of stretchability in the direction across the wrinkle, along the wrinkle the original value is maintained.
where ρ and L are the resistivity and length of the contact areas between two electrodes and both are taken as constant during the compression process, A′ and A are the contact area before and after compression. The collected electrical signals are mostly based on the change of contact areas, essentially current pathways in this case. As for 2D films with flat surfaces, applying pressures leads to slight changes in resistance owing to the changeless contact area. In contrast, two electrodes connect at the tip of the pyramids without pressure. When a small force is applied to the counter electrode, the lateral spread of the pyramids contributes to a dramatic increase in the contact area and more vertical conduction paths. Then the current responses increase with increasing applied force, as shown in Fig. 9h.210 Consequently, sharp wrinkled patterns deform easily under a smaller pressure in the elevation direction in comparison to the flat surfaces. These mechanical properties are widely used in the field of highly sensitive pressure sensors, which are reviewed in detail in Section 4.1.
The lattice structures of 2D materials are expected to be exactly flat monolayers or perfectly layer-by-layer stacks. For instance, single-layer graphene has perfect in-plane hexagonal structures and its few-layer counterparts possess AB or ABC stacking lattices.211,212 As for TMDs and MXenes, multiple crystalline structures including 1T, 2H or/and α-phase have been found.213–216 Various electronic structures enrich their electrical properties and application fields. However, the lattice structures of these 2D materials are distorted by the inevitable wrinkles and external forces, which impose effects on the intrinsic electronic configuration, electron in-plane transport, band structure and so on. It is meaningful to mention that different levels of roughness of wrinkles produce contrasting electrical properties.
3.2.1 Electronic mobility and electrical conductivity. As important 2D materials, exfoliated monolayer and few-layer graphene samples are expected to exhibit electrically metallic behavior, because two Dirac cones of valence and conduction bands in exactly flat graphene contact at the Dirac point. Idealistic monolayer graphene has perfectly hexagonal lattice structures in which two carbon atoms are bounded by the π bond and free electrons transport on the in-plane surface. Then the van der Waals interactions between layers result in the AB or ABC stacking of bilayer and few-layer graphene, and in the interlayers the current carriers transport. However, the wrinkles in graphene distort its originally perfect crystalline lattices as well as the in-plane electron motion.44,78,217–220 As shown in Fig. 10a, the hexagonal lattice is transformed into a triangular shape in the graphene ripple (Fig. 2c) with the height of a few nanometers.78 The deformation of graphene lattices under strain also degrades the carrier mobility. It is revealed that the realistic electron mobility of polycrystalline graphene with grain boundaries and defects is much lower than those of the first-principles calculation result and its single-crystal counterparts. But in the case of wrinkled graphene, the apparent decrease in mobility is mainly attributed to the electron scattering generated by the flexural phonons stemming from the corrugated structures.219,221Fig. 10b indicates that at low positive bias voltages applied in the flat and wrinkled parts of graphene, both show excellent metallic conductance.78 And the weakening delocalized sp2 hybridization and the sp3-hybridized carbon atoms induced by wrinkles make the wrinkled region less conductive at the applied voltages of less than 0.2 V.78 The wrinkled part also shows linear conduction behavior at the negative voltage because of the presence of the midgap, while the responding current for the flat part suddenly drops down.
Fig. 10 (a) Wrinkle-introduced distortion of lattice structures of graphene.78 Copyright 2009, American Chemical Society. (b) Conductance difference between the wrinkled and flat parts in the graphene film.78 Copyright 2009, American Chemical Society. Electrical conduction (c) along and (d) across the graphene fold.82 Copyright 2012, American Chemical Society. (e) Curves of work functions, electron affinities and ionization potentials versus height to width ratio respectively. Copyright 2012, American Chemical Society. (f) Work functions versus different height to width ratios. Copyright 2012, American Chemical Society. DOS of the wrinkled and flat areas of graphene (g) without and (h) with a bias voltage.224 Copyright 2012, American Chemical Society. Structural schematics and DOS along (i) armchair and (j) zigzag axes.45 Copyright 2013, American Chemical Society.
Although graphene wrinkles negatively influence the mobility of carriers on the plane, it does not mean the degradation of the electrical conductance. Small ripples with a width of about 10 nm increase the resistance in both directions along and across the ripple due to the electron scattering.78 However, we have reported that the sheet resistance reduces with increasing surface roughness of graphene, which demonstrates wrinkle-introduced enhancement of conductivity. The topography of wrinkled graphene with high wrinkles is very similar to the few-layer stacking of graphene sheets (as in the schematics shown in Fig. 10c and d) and misorientations between the layers are present.82 Therefore, in the same areas of wrinkled graphene, external carriers transport multiple times and the graphene exhibits a much lower resistance (Fig. 10c) in the direction along the wrinkle, in comparison to that of flat graphene.82 The resistance across the graphene wrinkle is found to increase to a much higher extent due to the transported barrier built by the high wrinkle. However, extra current pathways are created that satisfy the motion of the current carriers between two stacking layers. The interlayer tunneling effect enhances the vertical conduction of electrons even if the height of wrinkles is up to hundreds of nanometers. Hence, it is profitable to keep the in-plane conductance of wrinkled graphene at the same level as that of its counterparts without folds (Fig. 10d).82 It is noted that if the length in one dimension of graphene is less than 5 nm, the conduction of the carriers in this direction will be confined.222 Consequently, the wrinkle-induced deformation of the intrinsic lattice structures does not degrade the electrical properties of 2D materials, but introduces many additional pathways for electron transfer.
3.2.2 Energy band structure. Wrinkled morphology results in significant changes in the band structures of 2D materials.223 As for the example of graphene, wrinkles are beneficial for the reduction of its work function, electron affinity and ionization potential, which are the key factors for orbital electrons to escape from the attraction of nucleus. Actually, without applying any external electric field, no obvious changes of the work function of graphene can be observed with the increased surface roughness. The surface roughness of 2D materials is usually expressed by RMS or the ratio h/w of the height h to width w of a wrinkle, as indicated in Fig. 10e.224 In contrast, although a small ripple with a low h/w increases the electron affinity and ionization potential up to a maximum value, they gradually reduce with the increasing of h/w. This reveals that large wrinkles have a positive influence on the emission of graphene electron, instead of the small ripples. When an external electric field is applied, graphene with wrinkles exhibits a much lower work function than that in its original state. This property motivates the enhancement of its cold field mission performance. And the work functions of graphene make a relation with h/w at a certain applied voltage (Fig. 10f).224 Wrinkles with higher curvature decrease the barrier for the emission of the extranuclear electrons in a lower electric field. In this case, the charges gather at the tip of the graphene sharp wrinkles and the charge density suddenly increases. It is approved by further studies of the density of states (DOS) that without an applied electric field, the energy gap of the flat and wrinkled area in a graphene film is almost the same (Fig. 10g).224 But the gap of the wrinkled area is apparently reduced by applying the voltage (Fig. 10h).224 Devising the roughness and distribution of wrinkles is an effective way to tune the electrically critical parameters of 2D materials.225 The easy emission of free electrons is benefited from the changes of the microscopic structure induced by wrinkles.
In the case of high-quality monolayer graphene, the thermal diffusivity is found to be higher than that of any other 2D materials at ambient temperature. However, structural defects and wrinkles play active roles in thermal diffusion that the diffusivity is decreased to a lower level than the intrinsic value. Being similar to the measurement method of mechanical parameters, graphene needs to be transferred onto porous substrates in order to avoid the effects imposed by the thermal conductance at the graphene/substrate interface. But the difference is that the measured sample cannot be touched by any objects. Therefore, lasers are commonly used as the thermal source for heating the graphene. The schematic of the measurement device is illustrated in Fig. 11a and the Au-coated SiNx substrate with ordered holes is covered by the graphene membrane as shown in Fig. 11b.231 Wrinkles pose barriers to the thermal flux, which obviously degrades the thermal diffusivity of graphene (Fig. 11c).232 And the thermal diffusivity decreases with increasing surface roughness, as indicated in Fig. 11d.46 What's more, in graphene with 1D wrinkles, thermal conduction exhibits anisotropic behavior so that there is less heat flux transport across the wrinkles than that in the direction along the wrinkles. The schematics in Fig. 11e exhibit the directionality of the thermal flux. Fig. 11f further demonstrates that a much rougher morphology does not affect the thermal conductance along the wrinkles.46 But the thermal conductance in the flow direction across the wrinkles drops down synchronously. Accordingly, it is reasonable to interpret that the conductance of heat flux is dependent on the electron transport and collisions. And the electrons are collided by flexural phonons that block the thermal diffusion. Consequently, it is feasible to tune the wrinkling direction and level to control the reduction of thermal diffusion.
Fig. 11 (a) Schematic illustration of a thermal measurement device and (b) SEM image of suspended graphene on an Au-coated SiNx substrate with ordered holes.231 Copyright 2010, American Chemical Society. (c) Thermal conductivity measurements of graphene with and without wrinkles. The solid curves are the Gaussian fitting of the corresponding histogram.232 Copyright 2012, IOP Publishing Ltd. (d) Relative thermal conductivity and wrinkling level versus shear strain.46 Copyright 2014, The Royal Society of Chemistry. (e) Schematics and (f) measurements of relative thermal conductivity along and across the graphene wrinkle.46 Copyright 2014, The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Wrinkling offers a platform for 2D materials to broaden their applications in many fields. Firstly, the tunable mechanical strength enables the 2D film as the base materials to be applied in flexible electronics, which is a promising field. Particularly, the great improvement of flexibility, including stretchability, bending, torsion and compression strain, facilitates the 2D components to be integrated into flexible devices. By modifying the wrinkled patterns, it is possible to tune the relevant electrical properties and control the performance of 2D material based electronic devices. In addition, physical surface modification of 2D materials can be dependent on the construction of various wrinkled patterns. Therefore, in comparison to the flat 2D crystals, their wrinkled counterparts satisfy more realistic applications and meet the requirements for the good performance of 2D material based devices.
Several kinds of sensors based on 2D materials with ultralow thickness have become essential components integrated into electronic devices, which are widely applied in some cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence. Theoretically and experimentally, the wrinkled structures broaden the applications of flexible electronics because of the wrinkle-induced mechanical strength. For mechanical sensors and photodetectors, the mechanical deformation and incident lasers are collected and transformed into electrical signals for easy processing. The performance of these sensors, including the sensitivity, enhancement factor and stability, can be tuned by topographic engineering of the fundamental 2D materials. The multifunctionality of the flexible sensors is of great importance in practical detection.
Fig. 12 SEM image of (a) stack of double-layer and (b) single-layer wrinkled graphene and (c) detections of torsion strain by the sensors.47 Copyright 2016, American Chemical Society. (d) Mechanism schematic and (e) current changes versus the applied compressions of the traditional piezoresistive pressure sensor.105 Copyright 2016, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim. (f) Capacitance responses of a capacitive pressure sensor when detecting a fly.154 Copyright 2010, Macmillan Publishers Limited. Schematics of (g) structural engineering and (h) operating mechanism of a novel pressure sensor and (i) the current responses under differently applied compressions.126 Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society. SEM image of a wrinkled graphene/Au NPs hybrid SERS platform under (j) 0 and (k) 30% tensile strain and (l) the Raman spectra for detecting 10−6 M R6G solutions under various tensions.58 Copyright 2017, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim.
Pressure sensor is another kind of mechanical device expected to be applied in flexible touch screens and robots for responding to the environmental tactile actions.62,105,129,155,160,239–241 The operating mechanism of these devices resembles the human skin in that the collected mechanical deformation is transformed into electrical signals including the changes in resistance and capacitance. The current and resistance responses generated in piezoresistive sensors are normally attributed to the change of contact areas, namely current pathways between two electrodes, as shown in Fig. 12d and e.105 Similarly, pressure induced by human touches or the gravity of objects (Fig. 12f) leads to the modification of the electrode distance in capacitance-based sensors for electrical responses.154 In both cases, wrinkled structures activate the sensors to enhance the sensitivity because a lower pressure is able to deform the wrinkles, in comparison to the 2D flat films.210 Furthermore, a new type of pressure sensor based on the combination of different 2D membranes has been reported by us. The structure is illustrated in Fig. 12g; a layer of porous and isolated anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) films is inserted between two wrinkled graphene electrodes.126 When a pressure is applied, wrinkles contact through the AAO pores to form current pathways, and are then separated after the removal of the force, as clarified in Fig. 12h.126 The simple mechanism avoids additional energy consumption at the off state of the combined sensors but also endows them with a high response sensitivity of 6.92 kPa−1 and high stability (Fig. 12i).126 This sandwich-like structure is expected to engage other 2D materials in compression detection. Subsequently, it is feasible to apply CNT membranes with a thickness of approximately 20 nm as electrodes and a photoresist blocking layer to fabricate resistive pressure sensors based on the same structure. The performance of sensors is improved to a much higher extent, including an ultrahigh sensitivity of 95.5 kPa−1, ultralow detection limit of 16 Pa and short response time of 16 ms.242 The sandwich-like model is also suitable for structural engineering of piezo-capacitive pressure sensors, which based on a layer of easily-accessible nylon netting sandwiched by two layers of graphene electrodes can even identify dynamic changes of a water droplet dropped onto the pressure sensor before being static.243 Accordingly, the operation performance of these mechanical sensors can be tuned by controlling the surface topography and scale of the used 2D materials.
4.1.2 Chemical sensors. Chemical sensors, particularly surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) platforms, contribute to identify and analyze trace molecules according to the Raman fingerprints. These SERS substrates are widely applied in real-time detection of pesticide residues in agricultural products and water pollutants and monitoring of drug delivery.244–247 Recently, based on the electromagnetic mechanism and chemical mechanism,248,249 2D materials/plasmonics250 and metal/metal nanoparticle251 composites significantly activate the enhancement of electromagnetic fields to enhance the performance of these combined SERS substrates. And the architecture of wrinkled structures in 2D films further optimizes the formed SERS platforms.189,252 Firstly, the rough morphology offers many electromagnetic “hot spots” for field improvement, which results in the increase of the enhancement factor.189,249 The structure of a novel wrinkled graphene/Au nanoparticle substrate reported by us is shown in Fig. 12j.58 On the other hand, the wrinkled 2D film/plasmonics hybrid sensors are stretchable due to the high stretchability induced by the wrinkles. Taking the example of wrinkled graphene based SERS substrate, under the tensile strain of 30%, the wrinkled graphene is flattened without physical damage and the overlying Au nanoparticles cannot easily come off the substrate with the support of graphene, as demonstrated in Fig. 12k.58 It overcomes the problem arising in traditional SERS substrates. Consequently, the substrate is able to work normally and stably even under a tensile strain of 50% (Fig. 12l).58 What's more important, stretching the flexible substrate can change the identifiability of different molecules when it is used for the detection of multiple analytes. In addition, the graphene wrinkles also play important roles in avoiding fluorescence quench,253 stabilizing the analytes on the SERS substrate254 and preventing oxidation of the metal nanoparticles.59 Therefore, the synergy of corrugated patterns in 2D materials and plasmonics approves the applications of the high-performance SERS platforms in life and environmental security.
4.1.3 Photodetectors. Based on 2D materials, construction of crumpled structures imposes a positive influence on the enhancement of device performance. Due to their rough surface, wrinkles increase the photoabsorption of the detector to promote the photoresponsibility. Although the rough structures reduce the in-plane carrier mobility of 2D materials, the conductivity changes slightly.82 On the other hand, similar to the functions in other sensors, the wrinkles increase the stretchability as well as the performance of the photodetectors.260–263 In this case, the operation performance such as the on/off current ratio can be tuned dynamically by stretching the devices. The structural engineering of wrinkled structures in layered 2D materials is feasible for their utilization in photodetection. And the compatibility of the fabricated sensors fulfills the expectation for integration in biomedical regimes.
Power sources such as new-type supercapacitors and batteries with small size, low thickness and mechanical strength are also needed for integration into flexible electronics. Based on the 2D materials with wrinkled structures as electrodes, the goals can be achieved. 2D films have high specific surface area and low height, which facilitates their combination with the electrochemical active materials to improve the performance. On the other hand, the supercapacitors are assured to operate stably under mechanical deformations because of the enhancement of flexibility induced by the wrinkles. In addition, the performance of the promising lithium and lithium–sulfur batteries is dramatically benefited from the high stretchability and specific surface area of wrinkled electrode materials.
4.2.1 Supercapacitors. In a comparison of the traditional capacitors, the electrodes based on 2D thin films, particularly highly conductive graphene with rough structures in supercapacitors, exhibit outstanding properties.132,264–269 Firstly, wrinkles lead to the decrease of the resistance of the electrodes, which is the basic condition for high-performance supercapacitors. What's more, the integration of supercapacitors into wearable electronics requires their high strength under mechanical deformations. Therefore, the design and engineering of wrinkled structures are crucial. As indicated in Fig. 13a–c, the current–voltage characteristics of the electrodes based on wrinkled graphene with 1D wrinkles remain stable even under 40% tension strain.99 The high stability is attributed to the high stretchability and maintainable electromechanical properties of wrinkled graphene. The flexible electrode also withstands bending strain to keep the operating properties stable (Fig. 13d–f).99 For the accomplishment of biaxial stretching, isotropic crumpled structures should be constructed rather than 1D wrinkles, as shown in Fig. 13g. The formed supercapacitor maintains its original performance such as specific current (Fig. 13h) when it suffers from biaxial tensile strain up to 200% × 200%.64 In addition, another role of the wrinkled structures is to hold the transition metal oxides or metal nanoparticles grown on the 2D materials. The composites significantly promote the specific capacitance. Consequently, these thin, transparent, flexible and environmentally friendly supercapacitors are promising for applications in energy storage and supply.
Fig. 13 Photograph of the electrode of a supercapacitor based on wrinkled graphene (a) at the initial state and (b) under tensile strain and (c) the performance of the electrode under various tensions.99 Copyright 2013, American Chemical Society. Photograph of the electrode of a supercapacitor based on wrinkled graphene (d) at the initial state and (e) under bending strain and (f) the electrochemical performance of the electrode under various bending strains.99 Copyright 2013, American Chemical Society. (g) SEM image of wrinkled graphene and (h) the performance of wrinkled graphene based electrodes in energy storage under biaxial tensile strain.64 Copyright 2014, Macmillan Publishers Limited. (i) Cycling stability and Coulombic efficiency of the cathode of a lithium–sulfur battery based on crumpled graphene. The inset is the SEM image of crumpled graphene.272 Copyright 2015, American Chemical Society.
4.2.2 Batteries. High-energy lithium-ion batteries and lithium–sulfur (Li–S) batteries have been focused on and developed as next-generation energy storage devices though some challenges still need to be addressed.270,271 Recently, Li-alloy based batteries are widely studied due to the high specific capacity. However, the agglomeration of metal nanoparticles during the charging–discharging cycles leads to volume expansion of the batteries and the fading of electromechanical performance. Although core–shell structures in which the nanoparticles are coated with graphene and its derivatives help alleviate the problems, the structures are subject to physical deterioration. Due to the high stretchability of wrinkled graphene, the encapsulation of alloy materials in graphene with crumpled structures not only avoids their aggregation and pulverization, but also helps them withstand the expansion-induced stress. Therefore, the electrochemical properties such as coulombic efficiency and cyclability are improved for practical applications.
In Li–S batteries, during the charge–discharge cycles, the production of lithium polysulfides lowers the utilization of sulfur and decreases the active materials. Thus, the existence of intermediates limits the performance and further applications of the batteries. As shown in the inset of Fig. 13i, wrinkled graphene sheets are used to coat the sulfur, the numerous nanopores offered by which enhance the specific surface area as well as the absorption of lithium polysulfides.272 And the graphene wrinkles serve as obstacles for polysulfide shuttle. Therefore, the cyclability can be improved to a much higher extent (Fig. 13i).272 With active holders and flexible supporters, batteries based on wrinkled 2D materials are promising to be applied in next-generation energy storage.
The performance of field electron emission (FEE) cathodes relies not only on the materials but also on their surface morphology. High-curvature wrinkles change the band structure of 2D materials and decrease their electron affinities, which facilitates the emission of the external electrons in a vacuum and enhances the stability. Therefore, in combination with ultralow thickness, high transparency and outstanding performance, cathodes based on 2D materials and their composites are attractive emitters to be applied in FFE. Furthermore, in contrast to the traditional cathode material ITO without flexibility, the great improvement of stretchability induced by wrinkles approves the wide application of microstructured 2D materials in next-generation flexible panel displays.
4.3.1 Single materials for FEE. 2D materials with a narrow bandgap have been widely used as cathodes for FFE. And it is found that roughened surfaces, including ripples, tips, wrinkles or even edges, are advantageous for electron emission enhancing the performance of the emitters due to the decrease in electron affinity.79,273–277 However, to a certain extent, dense wrinkled structures generate electric field shielding that prevents the emission of electrons.278,279 The vertically standing edges of graphene created by mechanical manipulation or PECVD (Fig. 14a and b) are also profitable for the emission of external electrons.106 In addition, the CVD growth method is highly controllable to fabricate graphene surfaces with uniform corrugations. The homogeneous corrugated structures not only greatly optimize the FFE properties but also enhance the homogeneity of the current, as approved by the even light spots in Fig. 14c.106 2D TMDs such as MoS2 prepared by the method of chemical exfoliation280 and SnS2281 with wrinkled structures are also found to activate the FFE features.
Fig. 14 (a) Top-view, (b) side-view SEM image and (c) FEE performance of standing graphene sheets.106 Copyright 2012, IOP Publishing Ltd. (d) SEM image of MoS2 on silver nanotips.287 Copyright 2016, American Institute of Physics. (e) SEM image and (f) FEE performance of SnS2/RGO composites.281 Copyright 2014, American Institute of Physics.
where ϕ is the work function and B is a constant correlated with ϕ. Accordingly, controllably fabricating the morphology is an effective way to tune the energy band structures of the 2D materials and obtain outstanding FFE cathodes based on 2D materials with low turn-on and threshold field, high stability and high EF.
4.3.2 Composites for FEE. Although single 2D films with wrinkled surfaces have shown excellent FEE characteristics as emission cathodes and great potential for applications, the combination of multiple low-dimensional materials further enhances the stable performance to a much higher extent than that of any component.281,285,286 Firstly, thin membranes such as graphene can be transferred onto a target substrate with metal oxide arrays, e.g. ZnO. In this case, the substrate with ordered ZnO nanotips only serves as a mold, over which the formation of graphene nanotips improves the field emission features due to the gathering of abundant electrons at the sharp tips.166 However, the barrier of electron emission in bare 1D ZnO nanotips passivates the FEE performance. Instead of the metal oxide protrusions, metal microstructures are more suitable to be combined with 2D materials as the emission cathodes. For instance, hybrid emitters based on a microstructured MoS2 film on both W and Ag nanotips covered with a WS2 membrane (Fig. 14d) show much lower turn-on and threshold voltages and higher emission stability.287 The reason is that the orbital electrons in the metal substrates without an energy gap quickly inject into the overlying semiconductive 2D membrane. This process enriches the emission electrons and results in greater enhancement of relative FFE performance, in comparison to the bare 2D emitters. In addition, the combination of different low-dimensional materials is also effective in improving the emission properties of the emitters. Cathodes based on SnS2/graphene nanosheets (Fig. 14e), MoS2 nanoflowers/carbon nanotubes and graphene/carbon nanotubes composites are studied to show more outstanding FEE current density (Fig. 14f) and EFs than any separated component,281 because the hybrid materials show doping effect and possess lower work functions.
Consequently, the synergistic properties of high stretchability, low thickness, high transparency and great FEE characteristics enable the emission cathodes based on single and composite 2D materials with roughened morphology to be applied in flexible displays. The next generation of touch screens is expected to be integrated into wearable electronic devices and stably work under mechanical deformation.
Construction of superhydrophobic surfaces on 2D materials is inspired by the surface structures of some natural plants such as lotus leaf. With the advantages of self-cleaning, anti-contamination and water immersion resistance, the improvement of hydrophobicity meets the requirement of the multifunctionality of the devices based on 2D materials. And they are found to operate normally under special and extreme circumstances. The flat layered 2D materials such as graphene and MoS2 show weak hydrophobicity, which is dependent on the layer numbers. However, the main factor for determining their wetting properties is the wrinkled structures on the surface.49 It is possible to engineer different microstructures with controllable height and distribution on the surface of 2D materials for modulating the hydrophobicity. As shown in Fig. 15a, the schematic illustrates a processed Au substrate with standing nanostructures, on which MoS2 can be directly synthesized by the method of CVD.57 After shrinkage due to the mechanical compression, the hydrophobicity of the nanoflower-like MoS2 surfaces can be greatly improved from 90° to the superhydrophobic level of more than 150° (Fig. 15b).57 What's more, the height of the MoS2 nanoflowers can be tuned in the nanoscale range, which is advantageous for the manipulation of their wetting properties.
Fig. 15 (a) Schematic illustration MoS2 nanoflowers and (b) AFM characterization (scale bar: 1 μm) and corresponding droplet images (scale bar: 500 μm) at different tensile strains.57 Copyright 2017, American Chemical Society. (c) Water contact angle of wrinkled graphene samples with different RMS on microstructured sapphire substrates. The inset is the SEM image of wrinkled graphene with a RMS of 35 nm on microstructured sapphire.51 Copyright 2017, Elsevier Ltd.
Engineering rough structures improves the hydrophobicity of the surfaces as well as the flexibility of the formed 2D membrane. On the one hand, corrugated 2D MoS2 shows dynamically changeable surface properties (water contact angle) driven by being stretched because of the structural changes of wrinkles under tension strain.288 On the other hand, it is reasonable to think that the synergy of both properties is suitable for modifying the wetting properties of other flat or roughened surfaces. Actually, this physical modification technique is very simply applicable to transfer microstructured 2D thin films onto hydrophilic substrates. Considering the target substrates with ordered or irregular corrugations, the transferred 2D materials suffer from mechanical deformation but without structural degradation owing to the high stretchability. Furthermore, the corrugated substrates serve as a mold, over which the membrane follows the topography and makes the surfaces waterproof. For instance, the bare sapphire substrate with ordered micropyramids is superhydrophilic with a water contact angle of less than 10°. A layer of wrinkled graphene with a RMS of 35 nm can be directly transferred onto it to achieve a hydrophobic surface so that the contact angle increases up to more than 130° (Fig. 15c).51 Consequently, the structures on the surface play a more important role in the hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity rather than the layer number of the layered 2D materials.
Flexible electronics based on 2D materials also require the flexibility of electrical circuit integrated into them. The deposition of conductive materials such as metals, graphene and MoS2 on pre-stretched polymer substrates is a common method to prepare 2D films with crumpled structures. The flexibility of these wrinkled 2D materials is suitable for their applications in flexible devices such as sensors and transistors.63,152,169,183,289–292 The stable conductivity of the crumpled electrodes under mechanical deformation does not induce additional negative effects on the electronic devices. In the case of field effect transistors (FETs), the gate dielectric materials are the key factor to fabricate flexible devices.293 Therefore, in comparison to the flat 2D films, the gate dielectric with wrinkled structures fulfills the requirements of flexible FETs.
This review has introduced the research progress in 2D materials with wrinkled structures. Random corrugations with low height form during the preparation and transfer processes. However, wrinkles can be controllably fabricated relying on the morphology of the growth or/and target substrates as well as the stress via releasing the pre-stretched target substrates. Furthermore, the self-assembly of homogeneous wrinkles with tunable height and distribution can be induced by the interactions at the liquid–gas interfaces, laser radiation and the compression induced by thermally shrinkable polymers. The mechanism of these methods and structural features of the as-prepared wrinkled structures have been discussed. The wrinkled structures generate significant changes of the physical properties of 2D materials, including the mechanical properties, electronic mobility, and energy band structures, etc. Thus, these directional properties can be tuned by controlling the wrinkling and modified dynamically by stretching the 2D materials. Consequently, with the introduction of many outstanding properties, wrinkles in 2D materials optimize their promising applications in field emission, surface modification, sensors and field effect transistors. However, some major challenges still need to be addressed for universal applications of patterned 2D materials.
One of the main challenges is the development of the controllability of high-quality patterned 2D materials with expected properties. Several methods such as the transfer of 2D materials onto organized microstructured substrates, pre-stretched polymer substrates and organic solutions are highly controllable for fabrication of periodically 1D, uniformly 2D or variously patterned wrinkles. The height of these wrinkled structures can be modified as well. However, a method is still needed to control a single wrinkle with expected height and direction at a certain location, which is very advantageous to pave a way for manufacturing electronic devices and studying the relevant properties. In addition, the fabrication of wrinkled patterns reported previously relies on the mechanical deformation of the polymers, onto which the microstructured 2D materials are not able to be transferred subsequently. But some electronics, FETs for instance, require the employed 2D materials to be transferred onto Si or SiO2 substrates. Therefore, efforts should be made to find substrate-independent methods to improve the tunability of wrinkled structures in 2D materials. Cost is also a focus for common and commercial applications of wrinkled 2D material-based devices.
As the first important 2D material, the wrinkle-induced mechanical, electrical, thermal and optical properties of graphene have been comprehensively studied. Particularly, the distortion of the graphene lattice structures generated by the wrinkled structures degrades the in-plane mobility of electrons, increases the conductivity as well as opens the band gap. Thus, engineering wrinkles in TMDs or MXenes has the potential to be a facile, effective and reasonable method for the modification of their energy band structures and electrical properties. However, recent studies focusing on this field are rare. The electrical properties of wrinkled 2D materials beyond graphene should be further explored for their applications in electronic devices.
With atomic thickness and special electronic structures, different categories of 2D materials are desirable to be combined for applications. Recently, layered or lateral heterostructures based on flat 2D TMDs have been widely manufactured for electronic and optoelectronic devices. Accordingly, it is foreseen that studying the electronic behaviors of vertical and lateral homostructures, heterostructures and other junctions based on the stacking or contact of different wrinkled 2D films is a new research direction. Thus, the synergy of different 2D materials with wrinkles broadens their application fields to a much wider extent and drives the rapid development of next-generation electronic devices.
Wearable electronics is a hot topic where microstructured 2D crystals are employed as the basic materials. Wrinkles significantly improve the flexibility of the 2D materials and ensure their stable operation under mechanical deformation. Ultralow height and weight also agree with the concept of “wearable”. In particular, flexible capacitive and piezoresistive sensors based on 2D materials with wrinkles have been widely applied in electronic skins, health monitors and touch apparatus. But in most of these cases, the electrodes, batteries and other needed devices are based on traditional materials without flexibility, which is disadvantageous for their integration and further practical applications. Although it is possible to fabricate flexible electrodes and electrical circuits on pre-stretched or thermally induced shrinkable substrates, the metal membranes easily come off the organic substrates owing to the weak adhesion. Therefore, the integration techniques should be further improved for the accomplishment of wearable electronics.
In summary, there are categories of 2D materials exhibiting metallic (such as graphene), semiconductive (such as TMDs) or insulating (such as h-BN and polymers) behaviors. And wrinkle engineering significantly modifies the energy band structure, thus tuning the mechanical and electrical properties of 2D materials and heterostructures based on these materials. The rapid development of studies on all classes of wrinkled 2D materials with tunable properties may bring a bright future for further potential applications. Therefore, different categories of wrinkled 2D materials with different properties are expected to be applied in corresponding fields. 2D materials with wrinkled patterns and excellent properties should be selected according to expected applications.
This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51772335), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (Grant No. 2016A030313346 and 2014A030306022), and the Guangdong Youth Top-notch Talent Support Program (No. 2015TQ01C201).
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