Large phosphorene in-plane contraction induced by interlayer interactions in graphene-phosphorene heterostructures

Benoit Van Troeye, Aurélien Lherbier, Jean-Christophe Charlier +1

Intralayer deformation in van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures is generally assumed to be negligible due to the weak nature of the interactions between the layers, especially when…