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Sliding ferroelectricity in a bulk misfit layer compound (PbS)$_{1.18}$VS$_2$

Authors :
Corrêa, Cinthia Antunes
Volný, Jiří
Tetalová, Kateřina
Uhlířová, Klára
Petříček, Václav
Vondráček, Martin
Honolka, Jan
Verhagen, Tim
Publication Year :
2023

Abstract

Twisted heterostructures of two-dimensional crystals can create a moir\'{e} landscape, which can change the properties of it's parent crystals. However, the reproducibility of manual stacking is far from perfect. Here, the alternated stacking of post-transition metal monochalcogenides and transition metal dichalcogenides in misfit layer compound crystals is used as a moir\'{e} generator. Using X-ray diffraction, the presence of twins with a well-defined small twist angle between them is shown. Due to the twist, the surface electrical potential from the induced ferroelectricity is observed using scanning probe microscopy and electron microscopy.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2306.14446
Document Type :
Working Paper