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ArticleNature communications2026

van der Waals grain boundaries with inert electrical behaviors in inorganic molecular dielectric film.

Kailang Liu, Bingrong Huang, Yue Yuan, Pengyu Li, Penglai Gong, Xiaofu Wei, Lixin Liu, Yongshan Xu, Yuheng Zhang, Xing Zhou and 4 more

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Kailang LiuState Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China. klliu@hust.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0005-3374-0720
Bingrong HuangState Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.
Yue YuanPhysical Science and Engineering Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7249-0411
Pengyu LiState Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.
Penglai GongKey Laboratory of Optic-Electronic Information and Materials of Hebei Province, Hebei Research Center of the Basic Discipline for Computational Physics, College of Physics Science and Technology, Hebei University, Baoding, China. gongpl@hbu.edu.cn.
Xiaofu WeiAcademy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China.
Lixin LiuState Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.
Yongshan XuState Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.
Yuheng ZhangState Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.
Xing ZhouState Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9031-0130
Fuwei ZhugeState Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3673-2257
Huiqiao LiState Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8114-2542
Mario LanzaDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. mlanza@nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4756-8632
Tianyou ZhaiState Key Laboratory of New Textile Materials and Advanced Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), Wuhan, China. zhaity@hust.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0985-4806

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Grain boundaries (GBs) in insulating crystal films generally create lattice reconstruction and excess mid-gap states, which may form the transport pathways of charge carriers and lead to serious degradation of insulating properties. Here, we reveal the inert electrical behaviors of GBs in polycrystalline inorganic molecular dielectric film attributed to its special van der Waals structure. Temperature-dependent electrical measurements and first-principles calculations uncovered that such GBs are free of mid-gap states, which explains the unexpectedly low leakage current of Sb

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