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ArticleNature materials2025

Sub-2-nm-droplet-driven growth of amorphous metal chalcogenides approaching the single-layer limit.

Zude Shi, Wen Qin, Zhili Hu, Mingyu Ma, Hong Liu, Zhiwen Shu, Yubing Jiang, Hang Xia, Wenyan Shi, Chao Yue Zhang and 17 more

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Zude Shi *State Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0006-3817-4251
Wen Qin *State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Mechanical Structures, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, and Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0008-5509-5314
Zhili Hu *State Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Mechanical Structures, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, and Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8637-9952
Mingyu MaSchool of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore.
Hong LiuNational Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits and 2020 X-Lab, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3165-8764
Zhiwen ShuGreater Bay Area Institute for Innovation, Hunan University, Guangzhou, China.
Yubing JiangState Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Hang XiaState Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Wenyan ShiState Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Chao Yue ZhangKey Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, School of Physical Science & Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9816-9204
Xiaoru SangState Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Cui GuoState Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Yunxin LiSchool of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Chengzhi LiuCollege of Mechanical and Vehicle Engineering, National Engineering Research Centre for High-Efficiency Grinding, Hunan University, Changsha, China.
Chengshi GongSchool of Electronic and Information Engineering, Lanzhou City University, Lanzhou, China.
Hong WangDepartment of Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7190-1469
Song LiuState Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3390-7795
Levente TapasztóHUN-REN Centre for Energy Research, Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science, Budapest, Hungary.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9377-8465
Caitian GaoGreater Bay Area Institute for Innovation, Hunan University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3693-983X
Fucai LiuSchool of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1275-0573
Pengyi TangNational Key Laboratory of Materials for Integrated Circuits and 2020 X-Lab, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2306-095X
Yuan LiuSchool of Physics and Electronics, Hunan University, Changsha, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0024-9290
Huigao DuanGreater Bay Area Institute for Innovation, Hunan University, Guangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9144-2864
Erqing XieKey Laboratory for Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, School of Physical Science & Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China.
Zhuhua ZhangState Key Laboratory of Mechanics and Control for Mechanical Structures, Key Laboratory for Intelligent Nano Materials and Devices of Ministry of Education, and Institute for Frontier Science, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China. chuwazhang@nuaa.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6406-0959
Zheng LiuSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore. z.liu@ntu.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8825-7198
Yongmin HeState Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, China. ymhe@hnu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9347-930X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 22272048National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 52203354
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Atom-thin amorphous materials (for example, amorphous monolayer carbon) offer a designable material platform for fundamental studies of the disorder system, as well as the development of various applications. However, their growth at a single layer remains challenging since their thermodynamically favourable grains are neither two dimensional nor layered. Here we demonstrate the growth of 1-nm-thick, amorphous metal chalcogenides at a wafer scale using a nanodroplet-driven nanoribbon-to-film strategy. Metal clusters are initially liquified into 1-2 nm droplets at 120 °C, and they then orchestrate the growth of amorphous single-layer nanoribbons, which eventually merge into a continuous centimetre-scale film. Phase-field simulations, combined with our characterizations, suggest a non-equilibrium kinetic growth mechanism, which can be applicable to various films, for example, PtSe

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