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Title: Molecular beam epitaxy of PtSe 2 using a co-deposition approach
Abstract The structural properties of co-deposited ultrathin PtSe 2 films grown at low temperatures by molecular beam epitaxy on c-plane Al 2 O 3 are studied. By simultaneously supplying a Se flux from a Knudsen cell and Pt atoms from an electron-beam evaporator, crystalline (001)-oriented PtSe 2 films were formed between 200 °C and 300 °C. The long separation between substrate and electron beam evaporator of about 60 cm ensured minimal thermal load. At optimum deposition temperatures, a ten times or even higher supply rate of Se compared to Pt ensured that the pronounced volatility of the Se was compensated and the PtSe 2 phase was formed and stabilized at the growth front. Postgrowth anneals under a Se flux was found to dramatically improve the crystalline quality of the films. Even before the postgrowth anneal in Se, the crystallinity of PtSe 2 films grown with the co-deposition method was superior to films realized by thermal assisted conversion. Postgrowth annealed films showed Raman modes with narrower peaks and more than twice the intensity. Transmission electron microscopy investigations revealed that the deposited material transitioned to a two-dimensional layered structure only after the postgrowth anneal. PtSe 2 growth was found to start as single layer islands that preferentially nucleated at atomic steps of the substrate and progressed in a layer-by-layer like fashion. A close to ideal wetting behavior resulted in coalesced PtSe 2 films after depositing about 1.5 PtSe 2 layers. Detailed Raman investigation of the observed PtSe 2 layer breathing modes of films grown under optimized co-deposition conditions revealed an interlayer coupling force constant of 5.0–5.6 × 10 19 N m −3 .  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2039351 1539916
PAR ID:
10412531
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
2D Materials
Volume:
9
Issue:
2
ISSN:
2053-1583
Page Range / eLocation ID:
025029
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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