Pressure-induced commensurate stacking of graphene on boron nitride

Van der Waals heterostructures enable fabrication of materials with engineered functionalities. Here, the authors demonstrate precise control over the interaction between layers by application of pressure with a scanning tunnelling microscopy tip.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Matthew Yankowitz, K. Watanabe, T. Taniguchi, Pablo San-Jose, Brian J. LeRoy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13168