Aligning van der Waals Heterostructures Using Electron Backscatter Diffraction.

Ramachandra Bangari, Mehdi Mosayebi, John E Buchner, Joshua D Caldwell, Nabil D Bassim, Thomas G Folland

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Ramachandra BangariDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, Iowa, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7045-3238

Mehdi MosayebiMaterials Science and Engineering Department, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4L8, ON, Canada.

John E BuchnerDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville 37235, Tennessee, United States.

Joshua D CaldwellDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, Nashville 37235, Tennessee, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0374-2168

Nabil D BassimMaterials Science and Engineering Department, McMaster University, Hamilton L8S 4L8, ON, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9161-5769

Thomas G FollandDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, Iowa, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4665-235X

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Abstract

Precise and accurate determination of crystallographic orientation is crucial for engineering van der Waals heterostructures, where the twist angle between layers controls emergent electronic and optical properties. While electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) has been extensively used for bulk materials, its application to van der Waals materials remains largely unexplored. In this work, we demonstrate EBSD as a robust and versatile tool for determining crystallographic orientations of van der Waals materials with high precision. We show quantitative agreement between EBSD-determined orientations and facet orientations in orthorhombic α-MoO

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Crystallographic OrientationEBSDLow Symmetry vdW MaterialsTwist-opticsvdW Heterostructures

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PMID42631102

DOI10.1021/acsnanoscienceau.6c00042

PMCPMC13495490

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