• 文献标题:   Unravelling the electromechanical coupling in a graphene/bulk h-BN heterostructure
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   JIANG XA, ZHANG XP, HAN XY, LU JM, WANG XY, HONG JW
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  • 出版物名称:   NANOSCALE
  • ISSN:   2040-3364 EI 2040-3372
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  • 被引频次:   0
  • DOI:   10.1039/d2nr04817e EA SEP 2022
  • 出版年:   2022

▎ 摘  要

The stacking heterostructure of graphene on bulk h-BN produces a moire pattern with topographic corrugation. The corrugation of the moire pattern expectantly induces a considerable curvature and a flexoelectric response, which calls for a detailed study. In this work, we used lateral force microscopy, a scanning technique to locally observe the moire pattern and topographic corrugation. The curvature and flexoelectric potentials are derived from the measured topographic corrugation, revealing a huge curvature of similar to 10(7) m(-1) and a flexoelectric potential of similar to 10 mV in the hexagonal domain wall region (similar to 3-4 nm) of the moire pattern. In addition, the domain walls of the moire pattern also generate a clear electromechanical and frictional response, arising from the corrugation-induced flexoelectric response. In summary, the results of this work provide insights into the understanding of the flexoelectricity in the graphene/bulk h-BN and its associated electromechanical coupling behavior in the moire pattern of a van der Waals stacking heterostructure.