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ArticleNature communications2024

Atomic sawtooth-like metal films for vdW-layered single-crystal growth.

Hayoung Ko, Soo Ho Choi, Yunjae Park, Seungjin Lee, Chang Seok Oh, Sung Youb Kim, Young Hee Lee, Soo Min Kim, Feng Ding, Ki Kang Kim

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Anomalous Phonon Softening with Inherent Strain in Wrinkled Monolayer WSeAdvanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2025
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Hayoung Ko *Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 16419, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1404-9572
Soo Ho Choi *Department of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 16419, South Korea.
Yunjae Park *Graduate School of Carbon Neutrality, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6169-3507
Seungjin LeeDepartment of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 16419, South Korea.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2222-0429
Chang Seok OhDepartment of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 16419, South Korea.
Sung Youb KimGraduate School of Carbon Neutrality, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, South Korea.
Young Hee LeeDepartment of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 16419, South Korea. leeyoung@skku.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7403-8157
Soo Min KimDepartment of Chemistry, Sookmyung Women's University, Seoul, 14072, South Korea. soominkim@sookmyung.ac.kr.
Feng DingDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, 44919, South Korea. f.ding@siat.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9153-9279
Ki Kang KimDepartment of Energy Science, Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon, 16419, South Korea. kikangkim@skku.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1008-6744

Funding

Institute for Basic Science (IBS) IBS-R011-D1National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) NSFC-22333005National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2022M3F3A2A01072215National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2022M3H4A1A04096396National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2022R1A2C2009292National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) 2022R1A4A3030766
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atomic sawtooth surfaces have emerged as a versatile platform for growth of single-crystal van der Waals layered materials. However, the mechanism governing the formation of single-crystal atomic sawtooth metal (copper or gold) films on hard substrates (tungsten or molybdenum) remains a puzzle. In this study, we aim to elucidate the formation mechanism of atomic sawtooth metal films during melting-solidification process. Utilizing molecular dynamics, we unveil that the solidification of the liquid copper initiates at a high-index tungsten facet with higher interfacial energy. Subsequent tungsten facets follow energetically favourable pathways of forming single-crystal atomic sawtooth copper film during the solidification process near melting temperature. Formation of atomic sawtooth copper film is guaranteed with a film thickness exceeding the grain size of polycrystalline tungsten substrate. We further demonstrate the successful growth of centimeter-scale single-crystal monolayer hexagonal boron nitride films on atomic sawtooth copper films and explore their potential as efficient oxygen barrier.

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