Atomic reconstruction in twisted bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides

Weston, Astrid; Zou, Yichao; Enaldiev, Vladimir; Summer?eld, Alex; Clark, Nicholas; Z�olyomi, Viktor; Graham, Abigail; Yelgel, Celal; Magorrian, Samuel; Zhou, Mingwei; Zultak, Johanna; Hopkinson, David; Barinov, Alexei; Bointon, Thomas; Kretinin, Andrey; Wilson, Neil R.; Beton, Peter H.; Fal�ko, Vladimir I.; Haigh, Sarah J.; Gorbachev, Roman

Abstract

Van der Waals heterostructures form a unique class of layered artificial solids in which physical properties can be manipulated through controlled composition, order and relative rotation of adjacent atomic planes. Here we use atomic-resolution transmission electron microscopy to reveal the lattice reconstruction in twisted bilayers of the transition metal dichalcogenides, MoS2 and WS2. For twisted 3R bilayers, a tessellated pattern of mirror-reflected triangular 3R domains emerges, separated by a network of partial dislocations for twist angles θ 

Citation

Weston, A., Zou, Y., Enaldiev, V., Summerfield, A., Clark, N., Z´olyomi, V., …Gorbachev, R. (2020). Atomic reconstruction in twisted bilayers of transition metal dichalcogenides. Nature Nanotechnology, 15(7), 592–597. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-0682-9

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 23, 2020
• Online Publication Date: May 25, 2020
• Publication Date: May 25, 2020
• Deposit Date: Mar 25, 2020
• Publicly Available Date: Nov 26, 2020
• Journal: Nature Nanotechnology
• Print ISSN: 1748-3387
• Electronic ISSN: 1748-3395
• Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 592–597
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-020-0682-9
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/4202454
• Publisher URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-020-0682-9
• Additional Information: Received: 14 November 2019; Accepted: 23 March 2020; First Online: 25 May 2020; : The authors declare no competing interests.