Zijian Li, Li Zhai, Qinghua Zhang, Wei Zhai, Pai Li, Bo Chen, Changsheng Chen, Yao Yao, Yiyao Ge, Hua Yang, Panzhe Qiao, Jianing Kang, Zhenyu Shi, An Zhang, Hongyi Wang, Jinzhe Liang, Jiawei Liu, Zhiqiang Guan, Lingwen Liao, Vlad Andrei Neacșu, Chen Ma, Ye Chen, Ye Zhu, Chun-Sing Lee, Lu Ma, Yonghua Du, Lin Gu, Jian-Feng Li, Zhong-Qun Tian, Feng Ding, Hua Zhang
Unconventional 1T'-phase transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have aroused tremendous research interest due to their unique phase-dependent physicochemical properties and applications. However, due to the metastable nature of 1T'-TMDs, the controlled synthesis of 1T'-TMD monolayers (MLs) with high phase purity and stability still remains a challenge. Here we report that 4H-Au nanowires (NWs), when used as templates, can induce the quasi-epitaxial growth of high-phase-purity and stable 1T'-TMD MLs, including WS2 , WSe2 , MoS2 and MoSe2 , via a facile and rapid wet-chemical method...
April 8, 2024: Nature Materials