Evaporation-induced self-assembling of few-layer graphene into a fractal-like conductive macro-network with a reduction of percolation threshold

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates how evaporation-induced self-assembly of few-layer graphene creates fractal-like conductive networks with lower percolation thresholds, enhancing material conductivity.

Contribution

It introduces a novel method for forming fractal conductive patterns from graphene via evaporation-induced self-assembly, reducing the percolation threshold.

Findings

Formation of macroscopic fractal-like conductive patterns

Reduction in percolation threshold for graphene networks

Enhanced conductivity due to self-assembled structures

Abstract

The evaporation-induced self-assembling of a few-layer graphene results in macroscopic branched fractal-like conductive patterns with reduced percolation thresholds.