DOI: 10.1126/science.aat6981. Twistable electronics with dynamically rotatable heterostructures

Twistable electronics with dynamically rotatable heterostructures

10.1126/science.aat6981

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Abstract

Controlling two-dimensional twist In heterostructures assembled from two-dimensional materials such as graphene, electron tunneling between layers varies strongly with the rotation angle between the crystal lattices. Usually, the twist angle between layers is fixed after assembly. Ribeiro-Palau et al. encapsulated graphene with boron nitride, but the top boron nitride flake was shaped so that an atomic force microscope tip could push on it to vary the twist angle by as little as 0.2°. They observed variations with twist angle in properties such as the charge neutrality point, which would be difficult to observe in static rotated structures. Science , this issue p. 690

Bibliography

Ribeiro-Palau, R., Zhang, C., Watanabe, K., Taniguchi, T., Hone, J., & Dean, C. R. (2018). Twistable electronics with dynamically rotatable heterostructures. Science, 361(6403), 690â693.

Authors 6

Rebeca Ribeiro-Palau (first)
Changjian Zhang (additional)
Kenji Watanabe (additional)
Takashi Taniguchi (additional)
James Hone (additional)
Cory R. Dean (additional)

References 38 Referenced 477

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Published Print	7 years ago (Aug. 17, 2018)

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BibTeX

@article{Ribeiro_Palau_2018, title={Twistable electronics with dynamically rotatable heterostructures}, volume={361}, ISSN={1095-9203}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aat6981}, DOI={10.1126/science.aat6981}, number={6403}, journal={Science}, publisher={American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}, author={Ribeiro-Palau, Rebeca and Zhang, Changjian and Watanabe, Kenji and Taniguchi, Takashi and Hone, James and Dean, Cory R.}, year={2018}, month=aug, pages={690–693} }

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