Epitaxial Growth and Air-Stability of Monolayer Antimonene on PdTe2

Xu Wu, Yan Shao, Hang Liu, Zili Feng, Ye Liang Wang*, Jia Tao Sun, Chen Liu, Jia Ou Wang, Zhong Liu Liu, Shi Yu Zhu, Yu Qi Wang, Shi Xuan Du, You Guo Shi, Kurash Ibrahim, Hong Jun Gao

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Abstract

Researchers report the growth of monolayer antimonene on a 2D layered PdTe2 substrate by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The researchers chose PdTe2 as the substrate for at least two reasons. Its crystal periodicity has a very small mismatch with that of freestanding antimonene. It has a chemically stable surface, typical of a layered transition-metal-dichalcogenide (TMD) material. The antimony atoms are first deposited onto a PdTe2 surface kept at a proper temperature, whereupon a distinct well-ordered structure is observed by in situ low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) PdTe2.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1605407
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume29
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Mar 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • 2D
  • PdTe
  • antimonene
  • epitaxial growth
  • honeycomb lattice

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