Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Bidirectional and reversible tuning of the interlayer spacing of two-dimensional materials

  • Yiran Ding,
  • Mengqi Zeng,
  • Qijing Zheng,
  • Jiaqian Zhang,
  • Ding Xu,
  • Weiyin Chen,
  • Chenyang Wang,
  • Shulin Chen,
  • Yingying Xie,
  • Yu Ding,
  • Shuting Zheng,
  • Jin Zhao,
  • Peng Gao,
  • Lei Fu

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26139-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Modifying the interlayer spacing in two-dimensional materials is an effective approach to tune their chemical and physical properties. Here the authors report that intercalation of Pt atoms into cerium-doped MoS2 enables adjusting the interlayer spacing bidirectionally and reversibly.