Deposition of thin silicon layers on transferred large area CVD graphene
  Physical vapor deposition of Si onto transferred graphene is investigated. At elevated temperatures, Si nucleates preferably on wrinkles and multilayer graphene islands. In some cases, however, Si can be quasi-selectively grown only on the monolayer graphene regions while the multilayer islands remain uncovered. Experimental insights and ab initio calculations show that variations in the removal efficiency of carbon residuals after the transfer process can be responsible for this behavior. Low-temperature Si seed layer results in improved wetting and enables homogeneous growth. This is an important step towards realization of electronic devices in which graphene is embedded between two Si layers. 
Grzegorz Lupina, Julia Kitzmann, Mindaugas Lukosius, Jarek Dabrowski,   Andre Wolff, and Wolfgang Mehr
cond-mat.mtrl-sci cond-mat.mes-hall