A Polymeric Planarization Strategy for Versatile Multi-terminal Electrical Transport Studies on Small, Bulk Quantum Materials

Abstract

We report a device fabrication strategy of making multi-terminal electrical contacts on small (< 1 mm) bulk quantum materials using lithography-based techniques for electrical transport studies. The crystals are embedded in a polymeric medium to planarize the top surface, and then standard lithography and microfabrication techniques are directly applied to form electrodes with various geometries. This approach overcomes the limitations of crystal thickness and lateral dimensions on establishing electrical contacts. We use low stress polymers to minimize the extrinsic thermal strain effect at low temperatures, which allow reliable transport measurements on quantum materials that are sensitive to strain. The crystal surface planarization method has enabled electronic transport studies such as in-plane anisotropy, Hall measurements on small, bulk BaTiS3 (BTS) crystals, and provides unique opportunities for two-dimensional (2D) heterogeneous integration on three-dimensional (3D) / quasi-one-dimensional (quasi-1D) bulk materials. Our strategy is general for many small, non-exfoliable crystals of newly synthesized quantum materials and paves the way for performing versatile transport studies on those novel materials.

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