Nature Communications (Feb 2023)
Universal epitaxy of non-centrosymmetric two-dimensional single-crystal metal dichalcogenides
- Peiming Zheng,
- Wenya Wei,
- Zhihua Liang,
- Biao Qin,
- Jinpeng Tian,
- Jinhuan Wang,
- Ruixi Qiao,
- Yunlong Ren,
- Junting Chen,
- Chen Huang,
- Xu Zhou,
- Guangyu Zhang,
- Zhilie Tang,
- Dapeng Yu,
- Feng Ding,
- Kaihui Liu,
- Xiaozhi Xu
Affiliations
- Peiming Zheng
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University
- Wenya Wei
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University
- Zhihua Liang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University
- Biao Qin
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University
- Jinpeng Tian
- Key Laboratory for Nanoscale Physics and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Jinhuan Wang
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University
- Ruixi Qiao
- International Centre for Quantum Materials, Collaborative Innovation Centre of Quantum Matter, Peking University
- Yunlong Ren
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University
- Junting Chen
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University
- Chen Huang
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University
- Xu Zhou
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University
- Guangyu Zhang
- Key Laboratory for Nanoscale Physics and Devices, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Zhilie Tang
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University
- Dapeng Yu
- Shenzhen Institute for Quantum Science and Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology
- Feng Ding
- Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering/Institute of Technology for Carbon Neutrality, Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Kaihui Liu
- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University
- Xiaozhi Xu
- Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Quantum Engineering and Quantum Materials, School of Physics and Telecommunication Engineering, South China Normal University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36286-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 14,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 7
Abstract
Recent studies have reported the growth of 2D non-centrosymmetric single crystals on substrates with surface steps, but the mechanisms are still unclear. Here, the authors demonstrate a method to grow unidirectionally aligned transition metal dichalcogenide grains on various types of substrates, showing the importance of the simultaneous formation of grain nuclei and substrate steps.
