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Spatial Mapping of Electrostatics and Dynamics across 2D Heterostructures
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- In situ electron microscopy is a key tool for understanding the mechanisms driving novel phenomena in 2D structures. Unfortunately, due to various practical challenges, technologically relevant 2D heterostructures prove challenging to address with electron microscopy. Here, we use the differential phase contrast imaging technique to build a methodology for probing local electrostatic fields during electrical operation with nanoscale precision in such materials. We find that by combining a traditional DPC setup with a high pass filter, we can largely eliminate electric fluctuations emanating from short-range atomic potentials. With this method, a priori electric field expectations can be directly compared with experimentally derived values to readily identify inhomogeneities and potentially problematic regions. We use this platform to analyze the electric field and charge density distribution across layers of hBN and MoS2.<br />Comment: 13 pages, 4 figures
Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2012.13842
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c01636