期刊
ACS NANO
卷 8, 期 4, 页码 3690-3699出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn5003387
关键词
transition metal dichalcogenides; MoS2; WS2; two-dimensional nanomaterials; aberration-corrected scanning transmission electron microscopy
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资金
- European Research Council (ERC Starting Grant 2DNanoCaps)
- Science Foundation Ireland
- CRANN
Liquid-phase exfoliation of layered materials offers a large-scale approach toward the synthesis of 2D nanostructures. Structural properties of materials can however change during transition from bulk to the 2D state. Any such changes must be examined and understood for successful implementation of 2D nanostructures. In this work, we demonstrate nonbulk stacking sequences in the few-layer MoS2 and WS2 nanoflakes produced by liquid-phase exfoliation. Our analysis shows that nonbulk stacking sequences can be derived from its bulk counterparts by translational shifts of the layers. No structural changes within the layers were observed. Twenty-seven MoS2 and five WS2 nanoflakes were imaged and analyzed. Nine MoS2 and four WS2 nanoflakes displayed nonbulk stacking. Such dominance of the nonbulk stacking suggests high possibility of unusual stacking sequences in other 2D nanostructures. Notably, the electronic structure of some non bulk stacked bilayers presents characteristics which are uncommon to either the bulk phase or the single monolayer, for instance, a spin-split conduction band bottom. Our main characterization technique was annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy, which offers direct and reliable Imaging of atomic columns. The stacking characterization approach employed here can be readily applied toward other few-layer transition metal chalcogenides and oxides.
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