Self‐Assembly of Atomically Thin Chiral Copper Heterostructures Templated by Black Phosphorus

Autor: Hannah C. Nerl, Jonathan N. Coleman, Lewys Jones, Dermot Daly, Clotilde S. Cucinotta, Gustaaf Van Tendeloo, Stefano Sanvito, Anuj Pokle, Ivan Lobato, Eoin K. McCarthy, Knut Müller-Caspary, Juan Carlos Idrobo, Clive Downing, Nicolas Gauquelin, Valeria Nicolosi, Karel H. W. van den Bos, Sandra Van Aert, Quentin M. Ramasse
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Advanced Functional Materials
Advanced functional materials 29(37), 1903120 (2019). doi:10.1002/adfm.201903120
Advanced functional materials
ISSN: 1616-301X
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201903120
Popis: The fabrication of 2D systems for electronic devices is not straightforward, with top-down low-yield methods often employed leading to irregular nanostructures and lower quality devices. Here, a simple and reproducible method to trigger self-assembly of arrays of high aspect-ratio chiral copper heterostructures templated by the structural anisotropy in black phosphorus (BP) nanosheets is presented. Using quantitative atomic resolution aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy imaging, in situ heating transmission electron microscopy and electron energy-loss spectroscopy arrays of heterostructures forming at speeds exceeding 100 nm s(-1) and displaying long-range order over micrometers are observed. The controlled instigation of the self-assembly of the Cu heterostructures embedded in BP is achieved using conventional electron beam lithography combined with site specific placement of Cu nanoparticles. Density functional theory calculations are used to investigate the atomic structure and suggest a metallic nature of the Cu heterostructures grown in BP. The findings of this new hybrid material with unique dimensionality, chirality, and metallic nature and its triggered self-assembly open new and exciting opportunities for next generation, self-assembling devices.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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