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Xie J, Zhang Z, Zhang H, Nagarajan V, Zhao W, Kim HL, Sanborn C, Qi R, Chen S, Kahn S, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Zettl A, Crommie MF, Analytis J, Wang F. Low Resistance Contact to P-Type Monolayer WSe 2. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:5937-5943. [PMID: 38712885 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2024]
Abstract
Advanced microelectronics in the future may require semiconducting channel materials beyond silicon. Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors, with their atomically thin thickness, hold great promise for future electronic devices. One challenge to achieving high-performance 2D semiconductor field effect transistors (FET) is the high contact resistance at the metal-semiconductor interface. In this study, we develop a charge-transfer doping strategy with WSe2/α-RuCl3 heterostructures to achieve low-resistance ohmic contact for p-type monolayer WSe2 transistors. We show that hole doping as high as 3 × 1013 cm-2 can be achieved in the WSe2/α-RuCl3 heterostructure due to its type-III band alignment, resulting in an ohmic contact with resistance of 4 kΩ μm. Based on that, we demonstrate p-type WSe2 transistors with an on-current of 35 μA·μm-1 and an ION/IOFF ratio exceeding 109 at room temperature.
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- Jingxu Xie
- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Graduate Group in Applied Science and Technology, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute at University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute at University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute at University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Material Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli Energy NanoSciences Institute at University of California Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Lee H, Im H, Choi BK, Park K, Chen Y, Ruan W, Zhong Y, Lee JE, Ryu H, Crommie MF, Shen ZX, Hwang C, Mo SK, Hwang J. Controlling structure and interfacial interaction of monolayer TaSe 2 on bilayer graphene. NANO CONVERGENCE 2024; 11:14. [PMID: 38622355 PMCID: PMC11018566 DOI: 10.1186/s40580-024-00422-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2024] [Accepted: 04/01/2024] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
Abstract
Tunability of interfacial effects between two-dimensional (2D) crystals is crucial not only for understanding the intrinsic properties of each system, but also for designing electronic devices based on ultra-thin heterostructures. A prerequisite of such heterostructure engineering is the availability of 2D crystals with different degrees of interfacial interactions. In this work, we report a controlled epitaxial growth of monolayer TaSe2 with different structural phases, 1H and 1 T, on a bilayer graphene (BLG) substrate using molecular beam epitaxy, and its impact on the electronic properties of the heterostructures using angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. 1H-TaSe2 exhibits significant charge transfer and band hybridization at the interface, whereas 1 T-TaSe2 shows weak interactions with the substrate. The distinct interfacial interactions are attributed to the dual effects from the differences of the work functions as well as the relative interlayer distance between TaSe2 films and BLG substrate. The method demonstrated here provides a viable route towards interface engineering in a variety of transition-metal dichalcogenides that can be applied to future nano-devices with designed electronic properties.
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- Hyobeom Lee
- Department of Physics and Institute of Quantum Convergence Technology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Quantum Convergence Technology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- International Center for Quantum Materials, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing, 100871, China
- Interdisciplinary Institute of Light-Element Quantum Materials and Research Center for Light-Element Advanced Materials, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, and Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai, China
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- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Max Planck POSTECH Center for Complex Phase Materials, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
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- Center for Spintronics, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul, South Korea
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA
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- Geballe Laboratory for Advanced Materials, Department of Physics and Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
- Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, CA, USA
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- Department of Physics, Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea.
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- Advanced Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
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- Department of Physics and Institute of Quantum Convergence Technology, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon, South Korea.
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Fu M, Xu S, Zhang S, Ruta FL, Pack J, Mayer RA, Chen X, Moore SL, Rizzo DJ, Jessen BS, Cothrine M, Mandrus DG, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Dean CR, Pasupathy AN, Bisogni V, Schuck PJ, Millis AJ, Liu M, Basov DN. Accelerated Nano-Optical Imaging through Sparse Sampling. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:2149-2156. [PMID: 38329715 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c03733] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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The integration time and signal-to-noise ratio are inextricably linked when performing scanning probe microscopy based on raster scanning. This often yields a large lower bound on the measurement time, for example, in nano-optical imaging experiments performed using a scanning near-field optical microscope (SNOM). Here, we utilize sparse scanning augmented with Gaussian process regression to bypass the time constraint. We apply this approach to image charge-transfer polaritons in graphene residing on ruthenium trichloride (α-RuCl3) and obtain key features such as polariton damping and dispersion. Critically, nano-optical SNOM imaging data obtained via sparse sampling are in good agreement with those extracted from traditional raster scans but require 11 times fewer sampled points. As a result, Gaussian process-aided sparse spiral scans offer a major decrease in scanning time.
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- Matthew Fu
- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Material Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, United States
- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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Gerber E, Torrisi SB, Shabani S, Seewald E, Pack J, Hoffman JE, Dean CR, Pasupathy AN, Kim EA. High-throughput ab initio design of atomic interfaces using InterMatch. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7921. [PMID: 38040714 PMCID: PMC10692083 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-43496-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 12/03/2023] Open
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Forming a hetero-interface is a materials-design strategy that can access an astronomically large phase space. However, the immense phase space necessitates a high-throughput approach for an optimal interface design. Here we introduce a high-throughput computational framework, InterMatch, for efficiently predicting charge transfer, strain, and superlattice structure of an interface by leveraging the databases of individual bulk materials. Specifically, the algorithm reads in the lattice vectors, density of states, and the stiffness tensors for each material in their isolated form from the Materials Project. From these bulk properties, InterMatch estimates the interfacial properties. We benchmark InterMatch predictions for the charge transfer against experimental measurements and supercell density-functional theory calculations. We then use InterMatch to predict promising interface candidates for doping transition metal dichalcogenide MoSe2. Finally, we explain experimental observation of factor of 10 variation in the supercell periodicity within a few microns in graphene/α-RuCl3 by exploring low energy superlattice structures as a function of twist angle using InterMatch. We anticipate our open-source InterMatch algorithm accelerating and guiding ever-growing interfacial design efforts. Moreover, the interface database resulting from the InterMatch searches presented in this paper can be readily accessed online.
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- Eli Gerber
- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
- Energy & Materials Division, Toyota Research Institute, Los Altos, CA, 94022, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
- John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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Rizzo DJ, Zhang J, Jessen BS, Ruta FL, Cothrine M, Yan J, Mandrus DG, Nagler SE, Taniguchi T, Watanabe K, Fogler MM, Pasupathy AN, Millis AJ, Rubio A, Hone JC, Dean CR, Basov DN. Polaritonic Probe of an Emergent 2D Dipole Interface. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:8426-8435. [PMID: 37494638 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01611] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/28/2023]
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The use of work-function-mediated charge transfer has recently emerged as a reliable route toward nanoscale electrostatic control of individual atomic layers. Using α-RuCl3 as a 2D electron acceptor, we are able to induce emergent nano-optical behavior in hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) that arises due to interlayer charge polarization. Using scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscopy (s-SNOM), we find that a thin layer of α-RuCl3 adjacent to an hBN slab reduces the propagation length of hBN phonon polaritons (PhPs) in significant excess of what can be attributed to intrinsic optical losses. Concomitant nano-optical spectroscopy experiments reveal a novel resonance that aligns energetically with the region of excess PhP losses. These experimental observations are elucidated by first-principles density-functional theory and near-field model calculations, which show that the formation of a large interfacial dipole suppresses out-of-plane PhP propagation. Our results demonstrate the potential utility of charge-transfer heterostructures for tailoring optoelectronic properties of 2D insulators.
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- Daniel J Rizzo
- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Theory Department, Max Planck Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Neutron Scattering Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Department of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, New York, New York 10010, United States
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- Theory Department, Max Planck Institute for Structure and Dynamics of Matter and Center for Free-Electron Laser Science, 22761 Hamburg, Germany
- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, New York, New York 10010, United States
- Nano-Bio Spectroscopy Group, Universidad del País Vasco UPV/EHU, San Sebastián 20018, Spain
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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Rossi A, Johnson C, Balgley J, Thomas JC, Francaviglia L, Dettori R, Schmid AK, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Cothrine M, Mandrus DG, Jozwiak C, Bostwick A, Henriksen EA, Weber-Bargioni A, Rotenberg E. Direct Visualization of the Charge Transfer in a Graphene/α-RuCl 3 Heterostructure via Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:8000-8005. [PMID: 37639696 PMCID: PMC10510581 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c01974] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 08/21/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
Abstract
We investigate the electronic properties of a graphene and α-ruthenium trichloride (α-RuCl3) heterostructure using a combination of experimental techniques. α-RuCl3 is a Mott insulator and a Kitaev material. Its combination with graphene has gained increasing attention due to its potential applicability in novel optoelectronic devices. By using a combination of spatially resolved photoemission spectroscopy and low-energy electron microscopy, we are able to provide a direct visualization of the massive charge transfer from graphene to α-RuCl3, which can modify the electronic properties of both materials, leading to novel electronic phenomena at their interface. A measurement of the spatially resolved work function allows for a direct estimate of the interface dipole between graphene and α-RuCl3. Their strong coupling could lead to new ways of manipulating electronic properties of a two-dimensional heterojunction. Understanding the electronic properties of this structure is pivotal for designing next generation low-power optoelectronics devices.
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- Antonio Rossi
- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- The
Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Center
for Nanotechnology Innovation @ NEST, Istituto
Italiano di Tecnologia, Pisa 56127, Italy
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- The
Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- The
Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- The
Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Physical
and Life Sciences Directorate, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94550, United States
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- The
Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Research
Center for Functional Materials, National
Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- International
Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba 305-0044, Japan
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- Material
Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Material
Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department
of Physics and Institute for Materials Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- The
Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Advanced
Light Source, Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Lee C, Schuck PJ. Photodarkening, Photobrightening, and the Role of Color Centers in Emerging Applications of Lanthanide-Based Upconverting Nanomaterials. Annu Rev Phys Chem 2023; 74:415-438. [PMID: 37093661 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-physchem-082720-032137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
Abstract
Upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) compose a class of luminescent materials that utilize the unique wavelength-converting properties of lanthanide (Ln) ions for light-harvesting applications, photonics technologies, and biological imaging and sensing experiments. Recent advances in UCNP design have shed light on the properties of local color centers, both intrinsic and controllably induced, within these materials and their potential influence on UCNP photophysics. In this review, we describe fundamental studies of color centers in Ln-based materials, including research into their origins and their roles in observed photodarkening and photobrightening mechanisms. We place particular focus on the new functionalities that are enabled by harnessing the properties of color centers within Ln-doped nanocrystals, illustrated through applications in afterglow-based bioimaging, X-ray detection, all-inorganic nanocrystal photoswitching, and fully rewritable optical patterning and memory.
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- Changhwan Lee
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; ,
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA; ,
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Guo X, Lyu W, Chen T, Luo Y, Wu C, Yang B, Sun Z, García de Abajo FJ, Yang X, Dai Q. Polaritons in Van der Waals Heterostructures. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2201856. [PMID: 36121344 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202201856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2022] [Revised: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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2D monolayers supporting a wide variety of highly confined plasmons, phonon polaritons, and exciton polaritons can be vertically stacked in van der Waals heterostructures (vdWHs) with controlled constituent layers, stacking sequence, and even twist angles. vdWHs combine advantages of 2D material polaritons, rich optical structure design, and atomic scale integration, which have greatly extended the performance and functions of polaritons, such as wide frequency range, long lifetime, ultrafast all-optical modulation, and photonic crystals for nanoscale light. Here, the state of the art of 2D material polaritons in vdWHs from the perspective of design principles and potential applications is reviewed. Some fundamental properties of polaritons in vdWHs are initially discussed, followed by recent discoveries of plasmons, phonon polaritons, exciton polaritons, and their hybrid modes in vdWHs. The review concludes with a perspective discussion on potential applications of these polaritons such as nanophotonic integrated circuits, which will benefit from the intersection between nanophotonics and materials science.
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- Xiangdong Guo
- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Life Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- School of Life Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- Department of Electronics and Nanoengineering and QTF Centre of Excellence, Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, Espoo, 02150, Finland
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- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona, 08860, Spain
- ICREA-Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, Barcelona, 08010, Spain
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Nanophotonic Materials and Devices, CAS Key Laboratory of Standardization and Measurement for Nanotechnology, CAS Center for Excellence in Nanoscience, National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, Beijing, 100190, P. R. China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, P. R. China
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Wang ZA, Xue W, Yan F, Zhu W, Liu Y, Zhang X, Wei Z, Chang K, Yuan Z, Wang K. Selectively Controlled Ferromagnets by Electric Fields in van der Waals Ferromagnetic Heterojunctions. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:710-717. [PMID: 36626837 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04796] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Charge transfer plays a key role at the interfaces of heterostructures, which can affect electronic structures and ultimately the physical properties of the materials. However, charge transfer is difficult to manipulate externally once the interface is formed. The recently discovered van der Waals ferromagnets with atomically sharp interfaces provided a perfect platform for the electrical control of interfacial charge transfer. Here, we report magnetoresistance experiments revealing electrically tunable charge transfer in Fe3GeTe2/Cr2Ge2Te6/Fe3GeTe2 all-magnetic van der Waals heterostructures, which can be exploited to selectively modify the switching fields of the top or bottom Fe3GeTe2 electrodes. The directional charge transfer from metallic Fe3GeTe2 to semiconducting Cr2Ge2Te6 is revealed by first-principles calculations, which remarkably modifies the magnetic anisotropy energy of Fe3GeTe2, leading to the dramatically suppressed coercivity. The electrically selective control of magnetism demonstrated in this study could stimulate the development of spintronic devices based on van der Waals magnets.
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- Zi-Ao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Center for Advanced Quantum Studies and Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
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- Center for Advanced Quantum Studies and Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- Center for Advanced Quantum Studies and Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Superlattices and Microstructures, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100083, China
- Center of Materials Science and Optoelectronics Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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Jiang H, Zang Z, Wang X, Que H, Wang L, Si K, Zhang P, Ye Y, Gong Y. Thickness-Tunable Growth of Composition-Controllable Two-Dimensional Fe xGeTe 2. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:9477-9484. [PMID: 36383484 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c03562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Two-dimensional (2D) magnetic materials provide an ideal platform for investigating novel magnetism and spin behavior in low-dimensional systems while being restricted by the deficiency of accurate bottom-up synthesis. To overcome this difficulty, a facile and universal flux-assisted growth (FAG) method is proposed to synthesize the multicomponent FexGeTe2 (x = 3-5) with different Fe contents and even alloyed with hetero metal atoms. This one-to-one method ensures the stoichiometry consistency from the FexGeTe2 and MyFe5-yGeTe2 (M = Co, Ni) bulk crystal precursors to the 2D nanosheets, with controllable composition. Tuning the growth temperatures can provide thickness-tunable products. Changeable magnetic properties of FexGeTe2 and alloyed CoyFe5-yGeTe2 are substantiated by the superconducting quantum interference device and reflective magnetic circular dichroism. This method generates thickness-tunable high-crystallinity FexGeTe2 samples without phase separation and exhibits a high tolerance to different substrates and a large temperature window, providing a new avenue to synthesize and explore such multicomponent 2D magnets and even the alloyed ones.
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- Huaning Jiang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
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- State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China
- Key Laboratory of Intelligent Sensing Materials and Chip Integration Technology of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou 310051, China
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Shabani S, Darlington TP, Gordon C, Wu W, Yanev E, Hone J, Zhu X, Dreyer CE, Schuck PJ, Pasupathy AN. Ultralocalized Optoelectronic Properties of Nanobubbles in 2D Semiconductors. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:7401-7407. [PMID: 36122409 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c02265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The optical properties of transition-metal dichalcogenides have previously been modified at the nanoscale by using mechanical and electrical nanostructuring. However, a clear experimental picture relating the local electronic structure with emission properties in such structures has so far been lacking. Here, we use a combination of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and near-field photoluminescence (nano-PL) to probe the electronic and optical properties of single nanobubbles in bilayer heterostructures of WSe2 on MoSe2. We show from tunneling spectroscopy that there are electronic states deeply localized in the gap at the edge of such bubbles, which are independent of the presence of chemical defects in the layers. We also show a significant change in the local band gap on the bubble, with a continuous evolution to the edge of the bubble over a length scale of ∼20 nm. Nano-PL measurements observe a continuous redshift of the interlayer exciton on entering the bubble, in agreement with the band-to-band transitions measured by STM. We use self-consistent Schrödinger-Poisson simulations to capture the essence of the experimental results and find that strong doping in the bubble region is a key ingredient to achieving the observed localized states, together with mechanical strain.
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- Sara Shabani
- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York 10027, New York, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York 10027, New York, United States
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook 11790, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York 10027, New York, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York 10027, New York, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York 10027, New York, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York 10027, New York, United States
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- Center for Computational Quantum Physics, Flatiron Institute, New York 10010, New York, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Columbia University, New York 10027, New York, United States
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- Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York 10027, New York, United States
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Balgley J, Butler J, Biswas S, Ge Z, Lagasse S, Taniguchi T, Watanabe K, Cothrine M, Mandrus DG, Velasco J, Valentí R, Henriksen EA. Ultrasharp Lateral p-n Junctions in Modulation-Doped Graphene. NANO LETTERS 2022; 22:4124-4130. [PMID: 35533399 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c00785] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We demonstrate ultrasharp (≲10 nm) lateral p-n junctions in graphene using electronic transport, scanning tunneling microscopy, and first-principles calculations. The p-n junction lies at the boundary between differentially doped regions of a graphene sheet, where one side is intrinsic and the other is charge-doped by proximity to a flake of α-RuCl3 across a thin insulating barrier. We extract the p-n junction contribution to the device resistance to place bounds on the junction width. We achieve an ultrasharp junction when the boundary between the intrinsic and doped regions is defined by a cleaved crystalline edge of α-RuCl3 located 2 nm from the graphene. Scanning tunneling spectroscopy in heterostructures of graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, and α-RuCl3 shows potential variations on a sub 10 nm length scale. First-principles calculations reveal that the charge-doping of graphene decays sharply over just nanometers from the edge of the α-RuCl3 flake.
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- Jesse Balgley
- Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Physics Department, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Electronics Science and Technology Division, United States Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375, United States
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- International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
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- Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, 305-0044, Japan
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- Material Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Material Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
- Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996, United States
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- Physics Department, UC Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, California 95064, United States
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, 60438 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, 1 Brookings Drive, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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