Patent ID: 8808810

Claim:
A method of making a coated article, the method comprising: providing a substrate having a surface to be coated; disposing a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) template on the surface to be coated; applying a solution to the substrate having the SAM template disposed thereon, the solution comprising a precursor including a precursor molecule, the precursor molecule being a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) molecule; attaching the precursor molecule to the SAM template by irradiating UV energy thereon; and heating the substrate using at least first and second temperature ramp rates, in that order, to form a graphene-inclusive film, the first and second temperature ramp rates being different from one another, wherein the SAM template and/or the precursor molecule comprise(s) one or more alkyl groups to help ensure that the c-axis of precursor molecule is substantially perpendicular to the substrate prior to and/or following the photochemical attaching, and wherein the first ramp rate ramps from room temperature to just over 400 degrees C. and the second rate ramps from a temperature at the end of the first ramp to as high as about 800 degrees C., the second ramp rate being greater than the first ramp rate.