Flattening van der Waals heterostructure interfaces by local thermal treatment

Abstract

Fabrication of custom-built heterostructures based on stacked 2D materials provides an effective method to controllably tune electronic and optical properties. To that end, optimizing fabrication techniques for building these heterostructures is imperative. A common challenge in layer-by-layer assembly of 2D materials is the formation of bubbles at the atomically thin interfaces. We propose a technique for addressing this issue by removing the bubbles formed at the heterostructure interface in a custom-defined area using the heat generated by a laser, equipped with raster scanning capabilities. We demonstrate that the density of bubbles formed at graphene-ReS2 interfaces can be controllably reduced using this method. We discuss an understanding of the flattening mechanism by considering the interplay of interface thermal conductivities and adhesion energies between two atomically thin 2D materials.

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