In this work we develop a compact multi-orbital tight-binding model for phosphorene that accurately describes states near the main band gap. The model parameters are adjusted using as reference the band structure obtained by a density-functional theory calculation with the hybrid HSE06 functional. We use the optimized tight-binding model to study the effects of disorder on the anisotropic transport properties of phosphorene. In particular, we evaluate how the longitudinal resistivity depends on the lattice orientation for two typical disorder models: dilute scatterers with high potential fluctuation amplitudes, mimicking screened charges in the substrate, and dense scatterers with lower amplitudes, simulating weakly bounded adsorbates. We show that the intrinsic anisotropy associated to the band structure of this material, although sensitive to the type and intensity of the disorder, is robust.
Integrating a phase transition material with two-dimensional semiconductors can provide a route towards tunable opto-electronic metamaterials. Here, we integrate monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides with vanadium dioxide (VO) thin films grown via molecular beam epitaxy to form a 2D/3D heterostructure. Vanadium dioxide undergoes an insulator-to-metal transition at 60-70 °C, which changes the band alignment between MoS and VO from a semiconductor-insulator junction to a semiconductor-metal junction. By switching VO between insulating and metallic phases, the modulation of photoluminescence emission in the 2D semiconductors was observed. This study demonstrates the feasibility to combine TMDs and functional oxides to create unconventional hybrid optoelectronic properties derived from 2D semiconductors that are linked to functional properties of oxides through proximity coupling.
We observe a catalytic mechanism during the growth of III-O and IV-O materials by suboxide molecular-beam epitaxy ( -MBE). By supplying the molecular catalysts In 2 O and SnO we increase the growth rates of Ga 2 O 3 and In 2 O 3 . This catalytic action is explained by a metastable adlayer , which increases the reaction probability of the reactants Ga 2 O and In 2 O with active atomic oxygen, leading to an increase of the growth rates of Ga 2 O 3 and In 2 O 3 . We derive a model for the growth of binary III-O and IV-O materials by -MBE and apply these findings to a generalized catalytic description for metal-oxide catalyzed epitaxy (MOCATAXY), applicable to elemental and molecular catalysts. We derive a mathematical description of -MBE and MOCATAXY providing a computational framework to set growth parameters in previously inaccessible kinetic and thermodynamic growth regimes when using the aforementioned catalysis. Our results indicate MOCATAXY takes place with a suboxide catalyst rather than with an elemental catalyst. As a result of the growth regimes achieved, we demonstrate a Ga 2 O 3 /Al 2 O 3 heterostructure with an unrivaled crystalline quality, paving the way to the preparation of oxide device structures with unprecedented perfection.
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