Experimental measurements on the thermal conductivity of strained monolayer graphene

Abstract

We report the first experimental measurement on the thermal conductivity of strained monolayer graphene using optothermal Raman method. Biaxial tensile strain was achieved by applying a pressure difference across suspended monolayer graphene membranes. Experimental results demonstrate that, under 0.12%–0.27% strains, the in-plane thermal conductivity of monolayer graphene is sensitive to the applied biaxial strains. Under a 0.12% biaxial tensile strain, the thermal conductivity of suspended monolayer graphene drops approximately by 20% near 350K and 12% at about 500K. This study confirms the previous theoretical prediction that the thermal conductivity of monolayer graphene can be modified by applying tensile strains.