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ACS NANO
卷 9, 期 4, 页码 3695-3703出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00852
关键词
WS2; grain boundaries; 2D crystals; TMDs; 2D materials
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资金
- Royal Society
- EPSRC [EP/L01730X/1, EP/M015173/1, EP/J00541X/2, EP/J00541X/1, EP/J018694/1, EP/K032518/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/J00541X/1, EP/J018694/1, EP/M015173/1, EP/K032518/1, EP/J00541X/2, EP/L01730X/1] Funding Source: researchfish
Synthetic 2D crystal films grown by chemical vapor deposition are typically polycrystalline, and determining grain size within domains and continuous films is crucial for determining their structure. Here we show that grain boundaries in the 2D transition metal dichalcogenide WS2, grown by CVD, can be preferentially oxidized by controlled heating in air. Under our developed conditions, preferential degradation at the grain boundaries causes an increase in their physical size due to oxidation. This increase in size enables their clear and rapid identification using a standard optical microscope. We demonstrate that similar treatments in an Ar environment do no show this effect, confirming that oxidation is the main role in the structural change. Statistical analysis of grain boundary (GB) angles shows dominant mirror formation. Electrical biasing across the GB is shown to lead to changes at the GB and their observation under an optical microscope. Our approach enables high-throughput screening of as-synthesized WS2 domains and continuous films to determine their crystallinity and should enable improvements in future CVD growth of these materials.
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