Development of nano-sized graphene flowers as neutron reflectors-intensify neutron beam caused by coherent scattering-

The nano-sized graphene with a petal- and seed-like structure may induce neutron coherent scattering. We have studied a possible effect according to which the increase of the number of graphene seed-like structures produces an enhancement of the coherent scattering. To evaluate this, we focused on Raman spectra that characterize the stacking structure, crystal irregularities, and defects promoted by graphene growth. By focusing on this information, we tried to find parameters related to the nano-sized structure of graphene, and explored whether they can be related to the coherent scattering. As a result, it is suggested that the increase of the G/D ratio and the decrease of the G/2D ratio in the Raman spectra correlate strongly with the increase of the coherent scattering.