Monolayer atomic crystal molecular superlattices.

Autor: Wang C; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA., He Q; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA., Halim U; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA., Liu Y; Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA., Zhu E; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA., Lin Z; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA., Xiao H; Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA., Duan X; State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China., Feng Z; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA., Cheng R; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA., Weiss NO; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA., Ye G; Key Laboratory of Strongly Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China., Huang YC; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA., Wu H; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA., Cheng HC; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA., Shakir I; Sustainable Energy Technologies Centre, College of Engineering, King Saud University, Riyadh 11421, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia., Liao L; State Key Laboratory for Chemo/Biosensing and Chemometrics, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China., Chen X; Key Laboratory of Strongly Coupled Quantum Matter Physics, Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at Microscale and Department of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China., Goddard WA III; Materials and Process Simulation Center, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA., Huang Y; Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.; California Nanosystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA., Duan X; Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.; California Nanosystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, California 90095, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Nature [Nature] 2018 Mar 07; Vol. 555 (7695), pp. 231-236.
DOI: 10.1038/nature25774
Abstrakt: Artificial superlattices, based on van der Waals heterostructures of two-dimensional atomic crystals such as graphene or molybdenum disulfide, offer technological opportunities beyond the reach of existing materials. Typical strategies for creating such artificial superlattices rely on arduous layer-by-layer exfoliation and restacking, with limited yield and reproducibility. The bottom-up approach of using chemical-vapour deposition produces high-quality heterostructures but becomes increasingly difficult for high-order superlattices. The intercalation of selected two-dimensional atomic crystals with alkali metal ions offers an alternative way to superlattice structures, but these usually have poor stability and seriously altered electronic properties. Here we report an electrochemical molecular intercalation approach to a new class of stable superlattices in which monolayer atomic crystals alternate with molecular layers. Using black phosphorus as a model system, we show that intercalation with cetyl-trimethylammonium bromide produces monolayer phosphorene molecular superlattices in which the interlayer distance is more than double that in black phosphorus, effectively isolating the phosphorene monolayers. Electrical transport studies of transistors fabricated from the monolayer phosphorene molecular superlattice show an on/off current ratio exceeding 10 7 , along with excellent mobility and superior stability. We further show that several different two-dimensional atomic crystals, such as molybdenum disulfide and tungsten diselenide, can be intercalated with quaternary ammonium molecules of varying sizes and symmetries to produce a broad class of superlattices with tailored molecular structures, interlayer distances, phase compositions, electronic and optical properties. These studies define a versatile material platform for fundamental studies and potential technological applications.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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