Strong and Localized Luminescence from Interface Bubbles Between Stacked hBN Multilayers

Hae Yeon Lee; Soumya Sarkar; Kate Reidy; Abinash Kumar; Julian Klein; Kenji Watanabe; Takashi Taniguchi; James M. LeBeau; Frances M. Ross; Silvija Gradečak

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-32708-z

Nature Communications (Aug 2022)

Strong and Localized Luminescence from Interface Bubbles Between Stacked hBN Multilayers

Hae Yeon Lee,
Soumya Sarkar,
Kate Reidy,
Abinash Kumar,
Julian Klein,
Kenji Watanabe,
Takashi Taniguchi,
James M. LeBeau,
Frances M. Ross,
Silvija Gradečak

Affiliations

Hae Yeon Lee: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Soumya Sarkar: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore
Kate Reidy: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abinash Kumar: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Julian Klein: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kenji Watanabe: Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
Takashi Taniguchi: International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science
James M. LeBeau: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Frances M. Ross: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Silvija Gradečak: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32708-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Optoelectronic properties of van der Waals heterostructures can be tuned via strain. Here, authors demonstrate strong and localized luminescence in the ultraviolet region from interface bubbles between stacked multilayers of hexagonal boron nitride.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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