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Franckeite as a naturally occurring van der Waals heterostructure

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  • Aday J. Molina-Mendoza

    (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco)

  • Emerson Giovanelli

    (Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Campus de Cantoblanco)

  • Wendel S. Paz

    (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco)

  • Miguel Angel Niño

    (Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Campus de Cantoblanco)

  • Joshua O. Island

    (Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology
    Present address: Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA)

  • Charalambos Evangeli

    (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco
    Present address: Department of Physics, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, UK)

  • Lucía Aballe

    (ALBA Synchrotron Light Facility)

  • Michael Foerster

    (ALBA Synchrotron Light Facility)

  • Herre S. J. van der Zant

    (Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology)

  • Gabino Rubio-Bollinger

    (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco
    Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

  • Nicolás Agraït

    (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco
    Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Campus de Cantoblanco
    Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

  • J. J. Palacios

    (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Campus de Cantoblanco)

  • Emilio M. Pérez

    (Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Campus de Cantoblanco)

  • Andres Castellanos-Gomez

    (Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Campus de Cantoblanco)

Abstract

The fabrication of van der Waals heterostructures, artificial materials assembled by individual stacking of 2D layers, is among the most promising directions in 2D materials research. Until now, the most widespread approach to stack 2D layers relies on deterministic placement methods, which are cumbersome and tend to suffer from poor control over the lattice orientations and the presence of unwanted interlayer adsorbates. Here, we present a different approach to fabricate ultrathin heterostructures by exfoliation of bulk franckeite which is a naturally occurring and air stable van der Waals heterostructure (composed of alternating SnS2-like and PbS-like layers stacked on top of each other). Presenting both an attractive narrow bandgap (

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  • Aday J. Molina-Mendoza & Emerson Giovanelli & Wendel S. Paz & Miguel Angel Niño & Joshua O. Island & Charalambos Evangeli & Lucía Aballe & Michael Foerster & Herre S. J. van der Zant & Gabino Rubio-Bo, 2017. "Franckeite as a naturally occurring van der Waals heterostructure," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-9, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms14409
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14409
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