Self-organized twist-heterostructures via aligned van der Waals epitaxy and solid-state transformations

Sutter, Peter; Ibragimova, Rina; Komsa, Hannu-Pekka; Parkinson, Bruce A.; Sutter, Eli

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13488-5

Self-organized twist-heterostructures via aligned van der Waals epitaxy and solid-state transformations

Journal Article · Wed Dec 04 04:00:00 EST 2019 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13488-5· OSTI ID:1619600

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Abstract

Vertical van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures of 2D crystals with defined interlayer twist are of interest for band-structure engineering via twist moiré superlattice potentials. To date, twist-heterostructures have been realized by micromechanical stacking. Direct synthesis is hindered by the tendency toward equilibrium stacking without interlayer twist. Here, we demonstrate that growing a 2D crystal with fixed azimuthal alignment to the substrate followed by transformation of this intermediate enables a potentially scalable synthesis of twisted heterostructures. Microscopy during growth of ultrathin orthorhombic SnS on trigonal SnS ₂ shows that vdW epitaxy yields azimuthal order even for non-isotypic 2D crystals. Excess sulfur drives a spontaneous transformation of the few-layer SnS to SnS ₂ , whose orientation – rotated 30° against the underlying SnS ₂ crystal – is defined by the SnS intermediate rather than the substrate. Preferential nucleation of additional SnS on such twisted domains repeats the process, promising the realization of complex twisted stacks by bottom-up synthesis.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: NONE; SC0016343

OSTI ID:: 1619600

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1579958

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 10; ISSN 2041-1723

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Country of Publication:: United Kingdom

Language:: English

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