Ab-initio investigation of preferential triangular self-formation of oxide heterostructures of monolayer $$\hbox {WSe}_{2}$$ WSe 2

Abstract Triangular growth patterns of pristine two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are ubiquitous in experiments. Here, we use first-principles calculations to investigate the growth of triangular shaped oxide islands upon layer-by-layer controlled oxidation in monolayer an...

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Main Authors: Soumya Ranjan Das, Katsunori Wakabayashi, Kazuhito Tsukagoshi, Sudipta Dutta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78812-2