Nature Communications (Apr 2022)

Non-invasive digital etching of van der Waals semiconductors

  • Jian Zhou,
  • Chunchen Zhang,
  • Li Shi,
  • Xiaoqing Chen,
  • Tae Soo Kim,
  • Minseung Gyeon,
  • Jian Chen,
  • Jinlan Wang,
  • Linwei Yu,
  • Xinran Wang,
  • Kibum Kang,
  • Emanuele Orgiu,
  • Paolo Samorì,
  • Kenji Watanabe,
  • Takashi Taniguchi,
  • Kazuhito Tsukagoshi,
  • Peng Wang,
  • Yi Shi,
  • Songlin Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29447-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Here, the authors exploit a non-invasive layer-bylayer etching technique to fabricate electronic devices based on 2D transition metal dichalcogenides with controlled thickness and transport properties comparable to those of exfoliated flakes.