articleNature CommunicationsJun 16, 2016GOLD OA

The hot pick-up technique for batch assembly of van der Waals heterostructures

Technical University of Denmark · Cornell University · +1 more institution

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Abstract

The assembly of individual two-dimensional materials into van der Waals heterostructures enables the construction of layered three-dimensional materials with desirable electronic and optical properties. A core problem in the fabrication of these structures is the formation of clean interfaces between the individual two-dimensional materials which would affect device performance. We present here a technique for the rapid batch fabrication of van der Waals heterostructures, demonstrated by the controlled production of 22 mono-, bi- and trilayer graphene stacks encapsulated in hexagonal boron nitride with close to 100% yield. For the monolayer devices, we found semiclassical mean-free paths up to 0.9 μm, with the…

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Keywords
  • van der Waals force
  • Fabrication
  • Heterojunction
  • Materials science
  • Monolayer
  • Graphene
  • Hexagonal boron nitride
  • Nanotechnology
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