中国物理B ›› 2019, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (5): 56801-056801.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/28/5/056801

• SPECIAL TOPIC—Recent advances in thermoelectric materials and devices • 上一篇    下一篇

Epitaxial fabrication of two-dimensional TiTe2 monolayer on Au(111) substrate with Te as buffer layer

Zhipeng Song(宋志朋), Bao Lei(雷宝), Yun Cao(曹云), Jing Qi(戚竞), Hao Peng(彭浩), Qin Wang(汪琴), Li Huang(黄立), Hongliang Lu(路红亮), Xiao Lin(林晓), Ye-Liang Wang(王业亮), Shixuan Du(杜世萱), Hong-Jun Gao(高鸿钧)   

  1. 1 Institute of Physics and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
    2 School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;
    3 CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, Beijing 100049, China
  • 收稿日期:2019-02-03 修回日期:2019-03-05 出版日期:2019-05-05 发布日期:2019-05-05
  • 通讯作者: Hongliang Lu E-mail:luhl@ucas.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Key Research & Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2016YFA0202300 and 2018YFA0305800), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61504149, 61725107, 51572290, and 61622116), the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant Nos. XDB30000000 and XDB28000000), the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the CAS Key Laboratory of Vacuum Physics.

Epitaxial fabrication of two-dimensional TiTe2 monolayer on Au(111) substrate with Te as buffer layer

Zhipeng Song(宋志朋)1, Bao Lei(雷宝)1, Yun Cao(曹云)1, Jing Qi(戚竞)1, Hao Peng(彭浩)1, Qin Wang(汪琴)1, Li Huang(黄立)1, Hongliang Lu(路红亮)1, Xiao Lin(林晓)1,3, Ye-Liang Wang(王业亮)1,2, Shixuan Du(杜世萱)1,3, Hong-Jun Gao(高鸿钧)1,3   

  1. 1 Institute of Physics and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China;
    2 School of Information and Electronics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;
    3 CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2019-02-03 Revised:2019-03-05 Online:2019-05-05 Published:2019-05-05
  • Contact: Hongliang Lu E-mail:luhl@ucas.ac.cn
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Key Research & Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2016YFA0202300 and 2018YFA0305800), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61504149, 61725107, 51572290, and 61622116), the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant Nos. XDB30000000 and XDB28000000), the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the CAS Key Laboratory of Vacuum Physics.

摘要:

Two-dimensional (2D) materials provide a platform to exploit the novel physical properties of functional nanodevices. Here, we report on the formation of a new 2D layered material, a well-ordered monolayer TiTe2, on a Au(111) surface by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) measurements of the samples indicate that the TiTe2 film forms (√3×√7) superlattice with respect to the Au(111) substrate, which has three different orientations. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements clearly show three ordered domains consistent with the LEED patterns. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations further confirm the formation of 2H-TiTe2 monolayer on the Au(111) surface with Te as buffer layer. The fabrication of this 2D layered heterostructure expands 2D material database, which may bring new physical properties for future applications.

关键词: TiTe2, epitaxial fabrication, superlattice, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), low-energy electron diffraction (LEED)

Abstract:

Two-dimensional (2D) materials provide a platform to exploit the novel physical properties of functional nanodevices. Here, we report on the formation of a new 2D layered material, a well-ordered monolayer TiTe2, on a Au(111) surface by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). Low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) measurements of the samples indicate that the TiTe2 film forms (√3×√7) superlattice with respect to the Au(111) substrate, which has three different orientations. Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements clearly show three ordered domains consistent with the LEED patterns. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations further confirm the formation of 2H-TiTe2 monolayer on the Au(111) surface with Te as buffer layer. The fabrication of this 2D layered heterostructure expands 2D material database, which may bring new physical properties for future applications.

Key words: TiTe2, epitaxial fabrication, superlattice, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), low-energy electron diffraction (LEED)

中图分类号:  (Microscopy of surfaces, interfaces, and thin films)

  • 68.37.-d
68.37.Ef (Scanning tunneling microscopy (including chemistry induced with STM)) 81.07.-b (Nanoscale materials and structures: fabrication and characterization) 81.15.Hi (Molecular, atomic, ion, and chemical beam epitaxy)