Epitaxial Growth of 2D Materials on High-Index Substrate Surfaces |
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Authors: | Leining Zhang Peng Peng Feng Ding |
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Affiliation: | 1. Centre for Multidimensional Carbon Materials, Institute for Basic Science School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, Ulsan, 44919 Korea;2. Centre for Multidimensional Carbon Materials, Institute for Basic Science, Ulsan, 44919 Korea |
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Abstract: | Recently, the successful synthesis of wafer-scale single-crystal graphene, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), and MoS2 on transition metal surfaces with step edges boosted the research interests in synthesizing wafer-scale 2D single crystals on high-index substrate surfaces. Here, using hBN growth on high-index Cu surfaces as an example, a systematic theoretical study to understand the epitaxial growth of 2D materials on various high-index surfaces is performed. It is revealed that hBN orientation on a high-index surface is highly dependent on the alignment of the step edges of the surface as well as the surface roughness. On an ideal high-index surface, well-aligned hBN islands can be easily achieved, whereas curved step edges on a rough surface can lead to the alignment of hBN along with different directions. This study shows that high-index surfaces with a large step density are robust for templating the epitaxial growth of 2D single crystals due to their large tolerance for surface roughness and provides a general guideline for the epitaxial growth of various 2D single crystals. |
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Keywords: | 2D materials epitaxial growth hexagonal boron nitride high-index Cu surfaces |
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