Ultra-thin van der Waals crystals as semiconductor quantum wells

Johanna Zultak; Samuel J. Magorrian; Maciej Koperski; Alistair Garner; Matthew J. Hamer; Endre Tóvári; Kostya S. Novoselov; Alexander A. Zhukov; Yichao Zou; Neil R. Wilson; Sarah J. Haigh; Andrey V. Kretinin; Vladimir I. Fal’ko; Roman Gorbachev

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13893-w

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Ultra-thin van der Waals crystals as semiconductor quantum wells

Johanna Zultak,
Samuel J. Magorrian,
Maciej Koperski,
Alistair Garner,
Matthew J. Hamer,
Endre Tóvári,
Kostya S. Novoselov,
Alexander A. Zhukov,
Yichao Zou,
Neil R. Wilson,
Sarah J. Haigh,
Andrey V. Kretinin,
Vladimir I. Fal’ko,
Roman Gorbachev

Affiliations

Johanna Zultak: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
Samuel J. Magorrian: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
Maciej Koperski: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
Alistair Garner: Department of Materials, University of Manchester
Matthew J. Hamer: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
Endre Tóvári: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
Kostya S. Novoselov: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
Alexander A. Zhukov: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
Yichao Zou: National Graphene Institute, University of Manchester
Neil R. Wilson: Department of Physics, University of Warwick
Sarah J. Haigh: National Graphene Institute, University of Manchester
Andrey V. Kretinin: National Graphene Institute, University of Manchester
Vladimir I. Fal’ko: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester
Roman Gorbachev: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13893-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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A plethora of solid-state nanodevices rely on engineering the quantization of electrons in quantum wells. Here, the authors leverage the thickness of exfoliated 2D crystals to control the quantum well dimensions in few-layer semiconductor InSe and investigate the resonance features in the tunnelling current, photoabsorption and light emission spectra.

Published in Nature Communications

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