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Variant Plateau’s law in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenide dome networks

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  • Boqing Liu

    (The Australian National University)

  • Tanju Yildirim

    (National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS))

  • Tieyu Lü

    (Xiamen University)

  • Elena Blundo

    (Dipartimento di Fisica Sapienza Università di Roma)

  • Li Wang

    (University of New South Wales)

  • Lixue Jiang

    (Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University)

  • Hongshuai Zou

    (Jilin University)

  • Lijun Zhang

    (Jilin University)

  • Huijun Zhao

    (Gold Coast Campus, Griffith University)

  • Zongyou Yin

    (The Australian National University)

  • Fangbao Tian

    (University of New South Wales)

  • Antonio Polimeni

    (Dipartimento di Fisica Sapienza Università di Roma)

  • Yuerui Lu

    (The Australian National University
    ARC Centre of Excellence in Quantum Computation and Communication Technology ANU node)

Abstract

Since its fundamental inception from soap bubbles, Plateau’s law has sparked extensive research in equilibrated states. However, most studies primarily relied on liquids, foams or cellular structures, whereas its applicability has yet to be explored in nano-scale solid films. Here, we observed a variant Plateau’s law in networks of atomically thin domes made of solid two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs). Discrete layer-dependent van der Waals (vdWs) interaction energies were experimentally and theoretically obtained for domes protruding in different TMD layers. Significant surface tension differences from layer-dependent vdWs interaction energies manifest in a variant of this fundamental law. The equivalent surface tension ranges from 2.4 to 3.6 N/m, around two orders of magnitude greater than conventional liquid films, enabling domes to sustain high gas pressure and exist in a fundamentally variant nature for several years. Our findings pave the way towards exploring variant discretised states with applications in opto-electro-mechanical devices.

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  • Boqing Liu & Tanju Yildirim & Tieyu Lü & Elena Blundo & Li Wang & Lixue Jiang & Hongshuai Zou & Lijun Zhang & Huijun Zhao & Zongyou Yin & Fangbao Tian & Antonio Polimeni & Yuerui Lu, 2023. "Variant Plateau’s law in atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenide dome networks," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-9, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-36565-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36565-2
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