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Silicene-Like Domains On Irsi3 Crystallites, Dylan Nicholls, Fnu Fatima, Deniz Cakir, Nuri Oncel
Silicene-Like Domains On Irsi3 Crystallites, Dylan Nicholls, Fnu Fatima, Deniz Cakir, Nuri Oncel
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Recently, silicene, the graphene equivalent of silicon, has attracted a lot of attention due to its compatibility with Si-based electronics. So far, silicene has been epitaxy grown on various crystalline surfaces such as Ag(110), Ag(111), Ir(111), ZrB2(0001) and Au(110) substrates. Here, we present a new method to grow silicene via high temperature surface reconstruction of hexagonal IrSi3 nanocrystals. The h-IrSi3 nanocrystals are formed by annealing thin Ir layers on Si(111) surface. A detailed analysis of the STM images shows the formation of silicene like domains on the surface of some of the IrSi3 crystallites. We studied both morphology and electronic …
Intercalation Of Si Between Mos2 Layers, Rik Van Bremen, Qirong Yao, Soumya Banerjee, Deniz Cakir, Nuri Oncel, Harold J.W. Zandvliet
Intercalation Of Si Between Mos2 Layers, Rik Van Bremen, Qirong Yao, Soumya Banerjee, Deniz Cakir, Nuri Oncel, Harold J.W. Zandvliet
Physics Faculty Publications
We report a combined experimental and theoretical study of the growth of sub-monolayer amounts of silicon (Si) on molybdenum disulfide (MoS2). At room temperature and low deposition rates we have found compelling evidence that the deposited Si atoms intercalate between the MoS2 layers. Our evidence relies on several experimental observations: (1) Upon the deposition of Si on pristine MoS2 the morphology of the surface transforms from a smooth surface to a hill-and-valley surface. The lattice constant of the hill-and-valley structure amounts to 3.16 Å, which is exactly the lattice constant of pristine MoS2. (2) The transitions from hills to valleys …