Direct imaging and electronic structure modulation of moiré superlattices at the 2D/3D interface

Kate Reidy; Georgios Varnavides; Joachim Dahl Thomsen; Abinash Kumar; Thang Pham; Arthur M. Blackburn; Polina Anikeeva; Prineha Narang; James M. LeBeau; Frances M. Ross

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-21363-5

Nature Communications (Feb 2021)

Direct imaging and electronic structure modulation of moiré superlattices at the 2D/3D interface

Kate Reidy,
Georgios Varnavides,
Joachim Dahl Thomsen,
Abinash Kumar,
Thang Pham,
Arthur M. Blackburn,
Polina Anikeeva,
Prineha Narang,
James M. LeBeau,
Frances M. Ross

Affiliations

Kate Reidy: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Georgios Varnavides: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Joachim Dahl Thomsen: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Abinash Kumar: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Thang Pham: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Arthur M. Blackburn: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria
Polina Anikeeva: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Prineha Narang: John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University
James M. LeBeau: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Frances M. Ross: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-21363-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Here, advanced scanning transmission electron microscopy techniques are used to image the atomic structure at the interface between 2D MoS2 and 3D Au nanoislands, revealing a moiré superlattice and illustrating the potential for (opto-)electronic moiré engineering at the 2D/3D interface.

Published in Nature Communications

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