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Hyperspectral imaging of structure and composition in atomically thin heterostructures

Cornell Affiliated Author(s)

Author

R.W. Havener
C.-J. Kim
L. Brown
J.W. Kevek
J.D. Sleppy
P.L. McEuen
J. Park

Abstract

Precise vertical stacking and lateral stitching of two-dimensional (2D) materials, such as graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), can be used to create ultrathin heterostructures with complex functionalities, but this diversity of behaviors also makes these new materials difficult to characterize. We report a DUV-vis-NIR hyperspectral microscope that provides imaging and spectroscopy at energies of up to 6.2 eV, allowing comprehensive, all-optical mapping of chemical composition in graphene/h-BN lateral heterojunctions and interlayer rotations in twisted bilayer graphene (tBLG). With the addition of transmission electron microscopy, we obtain quantitative structure-property relationships, confirming the formation of interfaces in graphene/h-BN lateral heterojunctions that are abrupt on a micrometer scale, and a one-to-one relationship between twist angle and interlayer optical resonances in tBLG. Furthermore, we perform similar hyperspectral imaging of samples that are supported on a nontransparent silicon/SiO2 substrate, enabling facile fabrication of atomically thin heterostructure devices with known composition and structure. © 2013 American Chemical Society.

Date Published

Journal

Nano Letters

Volume

13

Issue

8

Number of Pages

3942-3946,

URL

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84881602949&doi=10.1021%2fnl402062j&partnerID=40&md5=966d88ea0d6b0d78bbf5ebb05d8f8d3d

DOI

10.1021/nl402062j

Group (Lab)

Paul McEuen Group

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