Magnetic two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdWs) materials are receiving increased attention due to their exceptional properties and potential applications in spintronic devices. Because exchange bias and spin–orbit torque (SOT)-driven magnetization switching are basic ingredients for spintronic devices, it is of pivotal importance to demonstrate these effects in the 2D vdWs material-based magnetic heterostructures. In this work, we employ a vacuum exfoliation approach to fabricate Fe₃GeTe₂ (FGT)/Ir₂₂Mn₇₈ (IrMn) and FGT/Pt bilayers, which have high-quality interfaces. An out-of-plane exchange bias of up to 895 Oe is obtained in the former bilayer, which is larger than that of the previously studied bilayers. In the latter bilayer, the SOT switching of the perpendicularly magnetized FGT is realized, which exhibits higher SOT-driven switching performance compared to the previously studied FGT/Pt bilayer devices with interfacial oxidation. The minimum of SOT efficiency is
Electron-electron interactions play an important role in graphene and related systems and can induce exotic quantum states, especially in a stacked bilayer with a small twist angle. For bilayer graphene where the two layers are twisted by the ‘magic angle’, flat band and strong many-body effects lead to correlated insulating states and superconductivity. In contrast to monolayer graphene, the band structure of untwisted bilayer graphene can be further tuned by a displacement field, providing an extra degree of freedom to control the flat band that should appear when two bilayers are stacked on top of each other. Here, we report the discovery and characterization of displacement field-tunable electronic phases in twisted double bilayer graphene. We observe insulating states at a half-filled conduction band in an intermediate range of displacement fields. Furthermore, the resistance gap in the correlated insulator increases with respect to the inplane magnetic fields and we find that
Two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) is an emergent semiconductor with great potential in next-generation scaled-up electronics, but the production of high-quality monolayer MoS₂ wafers still remains a challenge. Here, we report an epitaxy route toward 4 in. monolayer MoS₂ wafers with highly oriented and large domains on sapphire. Benefiting from a multisource design for our chemical vapor deposition setup and the optimization of the growth process, we successfully realized material uniformity across the entire 4 in. wafer and greater than 100 μm domain size on average. These monolayers exhibit the best electronic quality ever reported, as evidenced from our spectroscopic and transport characterizations. Our work moves a step closer to practical applications of monolayer MoS₂.
Atomically thin molybdenum disulfide (MoS₂) is a promising semiconductor material for integrated flexible electronics due to its excellent mechanical, optical and electronic properties. However, the fabrication of large-scale MoS₂-based flexible integrated circuits with high device density and performance remains a challenge. Here, we report the fabrication of transparent MoS₂-based transistors and logic circuits on flexible substrates using four-inch wafer-scale MoS₂ monolayers. Our approach uses a modified chemical vapour deposition process to grow wafer-scale monolayers with large grain sizes and gold/titanium/ gold electrodes to create a contact resistance as low as 2.9 kΩ μm−1. The field-effect transistors are fabricated with a high device density (1,518 transistors per cm2) and yield (97%), and exhibit high on/off ratios (1010), current densities (~35 μA μm−1), mobilities (~55 cm2 V−1 s−1) and flexibility. We also use the approach to create various flexible int
Twist angle between adjacent layers of two-dimensional (2D) layered materials provides an exotic degree of freedom to enable various fascinating phenomena, which opens a research direction-twistronics. To realize the practical applications of twistronics, it is of the utmost importance to control the interlayer twist angle on large scales. In this work, we report the precise control of interlayer twist angle in centimeter-scale stacked multilayer MoS₂ homostructures via the combination of wafer-scale highly-oriented monolayer MoS₂ growth techniques and a water-assisted transfer method. We confirm that the twist angle can continuously change the indirect bandgap of centimeter-scale stacked multilayer MoS₂ homostructures, which is indicated by the photoluminescence peak shift. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the stack structure can affect the electrical properties of MoS₂ homostructures, where 30° twist angle yields higher electron mobility. Our work provides a firm basis for th
Van der Waals heterostructures of transition metal dichalcogenides with interlayer coupling offer an exotic platform to realize fascinating phenomena. Due to the type II band alignment of these heterostructures, electrons and holes are separated into different layers. The localized electrons induced doping in one layer, in principle, would lift the Fermi level to cross the spin-polarized upper conduction band and lead to strong manipulation of valley magnetic response. Here, we report the significantly enhanced valley Zeeman splitting and magnetic tuning of polarization for the direct optical transition of MoS₂ in MoS₂/WS₂ heterostructures. Such strong enhancement of valley magnetic response in MoS₂ stems from the change of the spin-valley degeneracy from 2 to 4 and strong many-body Coulomb interactions induced by ultrafast charge transfer. Moreover, the magnetic splitting can be tuned monotonically by laser power, providing an effective all-optical route towards engineering and
Monolayer MoS₂ is an emerging two-dimensional (2D) semiconductor with promise on novel electronics and optoelectronics. Standard micro-fabrication techniques such as lithography and etching are usually involved to pattern such materials for devices but usually face great challenges on yielding clean structures without edge, surface and interface contaminations induced during the fabrication process. Here a direct writing patterning approach for wafer-scale MoS₂ monolayers is reported. By controllable scratching by a tip, wafer-scale monolayer MoS₂ films on various substrates are patterned in an ultra-clean manner. MoS₂ field effect transistors fabricated from this scratching lithography show excellent performances, evidenced from a room-temperature on-off ratio exceeding 1010 and a high field-effect mobility of 50.7 cm2 V−1 s−1, due to the cleanness of as-fabricated devices. Such scratching approach can be also applied to other 2D materials, thus providing an alternate patte
二维材料的出现,为探索各种功能材料体系打开了新的广阔空间,为突破传统半导体器件在性能上的各种限制提供了重要的新途径。在绝缘衬底上制备高质量、晶圆级大面积单层薄膜对实现二维材料在大规模集成半导体电子器件和光电器件领域的应用尤为关键。其中材料的均匀度与晶体取向的单一性对于半导体器件的性能优化至关重要,进而决定器件大规模应用实现。
此外,二维材料还可以用于构筑二维范德华异质结。在这种结构中,范德华力构筑的界面在设计和调控材料的物理特性,实现相关器件的应用中起着关键作用。二维范德华异质结结合了两种或多种二维材料的特点,极大地丰富了二维材料的特性,并且可以轻松生产出自然界中不存在但可以针对性能进行设计的人造材料。近年来,采用转角层间堆垛的方法,在二维材料中形成稳定的摩尔超晶格,成为了调控二维材料物性的崭新维度。
该方法成功地在转角石墨烯中实现了多种奇异物态,并成为当代凝聚态物理和材料科学发展的又一关键领域。大力推动对以转角石墨烯为代表的摩尔超晶格体系的研究,对推动我国微电子和信息技术的发展具有重要意义。
恭喜团队博士后张兴超成功入选2023年度博士后创新人才支持计划。“博士后创新人才支持计划”简称“博新计划”,是人力资源和社会保障部、全国博士后管委会新设立的一项青年拔尖人才支持
本工作展示了单层二硫化钼柔性集成电路可以兼具高性能和低功耗,为二维半导体基集成电路的发展走向实际应用提供了技术铺垫
团队基于气相外延的大面积、高质量单层MoS2材料制备了大面积柔性多功能光电器件。通过栅压可以有效地调控该器件的光衰减时间和持久光电导等特性,从而可实现光探测、光存储以及光电突触等功能。
本工作报道的柔性人工视网膜器件具有简单的器件结构、高光电转化效率、超低功耗以及可调性强,为人工视网膜的发展提供了新的设计和思路,在未来的临床治疗中极具应用前景。