Atomically Resolved Observation of Continuous Interfaces between As-grown MoS2 Monolayer and WS2/MoS2 Heterobilayer on SiO2
arXiv:1801.00811 · doi:10.1021/acsanm.8b00385
Abstract
Van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures synthesized through the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method allow creation and tuning of intriguing electronic and optical properties of two- dimensional (2D) materials, the knowledge of which is critical for a wide range of potential applications. Here we report our scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy (STM/STS) study of as-grown MoS2 monolayer and WS2/MoS2 heterobilayer on SiO2. The heterobilayer appears smoother than the MoS2 monolayer, with root mean square (RMS) roughness of 0.230 +- 0.021 nm in the former and 0.329 +- 0.033 nm in the latter. For the first time, to our knowledge, we directly observed a continuous interface between the MoS2 monolayer and the top layer of the heterobilayer with atomic resolution. This finding contrasts to the previously reported open edges in the top layer of the heterobilayer. Our STS results and density functional theory (DFT) calculations revealed the band gaps of the heterobilayer and the MoS2 monolayer.
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