TY - JOUR
T1 - A universal approach for the synthesis of two-dimensional binary compounds
AU - Shivayogimath, Abhay
AU - Thomsen, Joachim Dahl
AU - Mackenzie, David M. A.
AU - Geisler, Mathias
AU - Stan, Raluca-Maria
AU - Holt, Ann Julie
AU - Bianchi, Marco
AU - Crovetto, Andrea
AU - Whelan, Patrick R.
AU - Carvalho, Alexandra
AU - Neto, Antonio H. Castro
AU - Hofmann, Philip
AU - Stenger, Nicolas
AU - Bøggild, Peter
AU - Booth, Timothy J.
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Only a few of the vast range of potential two-dimensional materials (2D) have been isolated or synthesised to date. Typically, 2D materials are discovered by mechanically exfoliating naturally occurring bulk crystals to produce atomically thin layers, after which a material-specific vapour synthesis method must be developed to grow interesting candidates in a scalable manner. Here we show a general approach for synthesising thin layers of two-dimensional binary compounds. We apply the method to obtain high quality, epitaxial MoS2 films, and extend the principle to the synthesis of a wide range of other materials-both well-known and never-before isolated-including transition metal sulphides, selenides, tellurides, and nitrides. This approach greatly simplifies the synthesis of currently known materials, and provides a general framework for synthesising both predicted and unexpected new 2D compounds.
AB - Only a few of the vast range of potential two-dimensional materials (2D) have been isolated or synthesised to date. Typically, 2D materials are discovered by mechanically exfoliating naturally occurring bulk crystals to produce atomically thin layers, after which a material-specific vapour synthesis method must be developed to grow interesting candidates in a scalable manner. Here we show a general approach for synthesising thin layers of two-dimensional binary compounds. We apply the method to obtain high quality, epitaxial MoS2 films, and extend the principle to the synthesis of a wide range of other materials-both well-known and never-before isolated-including transition metal sulphides, selenides, tellurides, and nitrides. This approach greatly simplifies the synthesis of currently known materials, and provides a general framework for synthesising both predicted and unexpected new 2D compounds.
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-019-11075-2
DO - 10.1038/s41467-019-11075-2
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 31273207
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 10
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
IS - 1
M1 - 2957
ER -