Strain-engineered diffusive atomic switching in two-dimensional crystals

Strain engineering allows design of materials with tailored properties. Here, the authors show that strain can be used to control atomic diffusion in Sb2Te3-GeTe superlattices, and they propose general design rules to enable atomic switching functionalities in van der Waals heterostructures.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Janne Kalikka, Xilin Zhou, Eric Dilcher, Simon Wall, Ju Li, Robert E. Simpson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11983