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Temperature Driven Phase Transition at the Antimonene/Bi2Se3 van der Waals Heterostructure. / Hogan, Conor; Holtgrewe, Kris; Ronci, Fabio; Colonna, Stefano; Sanna, Simone; Moras, Paolo; Sheverdyaeva, Polina M.; Mahatha, Sanjoy; Papagno, Marco; Aliev, Ziya S.; Babanly, Mahammad; Chulkov, Evgeni V.; Carbone, Carlo; Flammini, Roberto.
In: ACS Nano, Vol. 13, No. 9, 09.2019, p. 10481-10489.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Temperature Driven Phase Transition at the Antimonene/Bi2Se3 van der Waals Heterostructure
AU - Hogan, Conor
AU - Holtgrewe, Kris
AU - Ronci, Fabio
AU - Colonna, Stefano
AU - Sanna, Simone
AU - Moras, Paolo
AU - Sheverdyaeva, Polina M.
AU - Mahatha, Sanjoy
AU - Papagno, Marco
AU - Aliev, Ziya S.
AU - Babanly, Mahammad
AU - Chulkov, Evgeni V.
AU - Carbone, Carlo
AU - Flammini, Roberto
PY - 2019/9
Y1 - 2019/9
N2 - We report the discovery of a temperature-induced phase transition between the α and β structures of antimonene. When antimony is deposited at room temperature on bismuth selenide, it forms domains of α-antimonene having different orientations with respect to the substrate. During a mild annealing, the β phase grows and prevails over the α phase, eventually forming a single domain that perfectly matches the surface lattice structure of bismuth selenide. First-principles thermodynamics calculations of this van der Waals heterostructure explain the different temperature-dependent stability of the two phases and reveal a minimum energy transition path. Although the formation energies of freestanding α- and β-antimonene only slightly differ, the β phase is ultimately favored in the annealed heterostructure due to an increased interaction with the substrate mediated by the perfect lattice match.
AB - We report the discovery of a temperature-induced phase transition between the α and β structures of antimonene. When antimony is deposited at room temperature on bismuth selenide, it forms domains of α-antimonene having different orientations with respect to the substrate. During a mild annealing, the β phase grows and prevails over the α phase, eventually forming a single domain that perfectly matches the surface lattice structure of bismuth selenide. First-principles thermodynamics calculations of this van der Waals heterostructure explain the different temperature-dependent stability of the two phases and reveal a minimum energy transition path. Although the formation energies of freestanding α- and β-antimonene only slightly differ, the β phase is ultimately favored in the annealed heterostructure due to an increased interaction with the substrate mediated by the perfect lattice match.
KW - 2D materials
KW - antimonene
KW - bismuth selenide
KW - first-principles thermodynamics
KW - moiré pattern
KW - scanning tunneling microscopy
KW - van der Waals epitaxy
KW - moire pattern
KW - ARSENENE
KW - RANGE
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85072712547&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1021/acsnano.9b04377
DO - 10.1021/acsnano.9b04377
M3 - Article
C2 - 31469534
AN - SCOPUS:85072712547
VL - 13
SP - 10481
EP - 10489
JO - ACS Nano
JF - ACS Nano
SN - 1936-0851
IS - 9
ER -
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