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Low-voltage 2D materials-based printed field-effect transistors for integrated digital and analog electronics on paper
Authors:
Silvia Conti,
Lorenzo Pimpolari,
Gabriele Calabrese,
Robyn Worsley,
Subimal Majee,
Dmitry K. Polyushkin,
Matthias Paur,
Simona Pace,
Dong Hoon Keum,
Filippo Fabbri,
Giuseppe Iannaccone,
Massimo Macucci,
Camilla Coletti,
Thomas Mueller,
Cinzia Casiraghi,
Gianluca Fiori
Abstract:
Paper is the ideal substrate for the development of flexible and environmentally sustainable ubiquitous electronic systems, which, combined with two-dimensional materials, could be exploited in many Internet-of-Things applications, ranging from wearable electronics to smart packaging. Here we report high-performance MoS2 field-effect transistors on paper fabricated with a channel-array approach, c…
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Paper is the ideal substrate for the development of flexible and environmentally sustainable ubiquitous electronic systems, which, combined with two-dimensional materials, could be exploited in many Internet-of-Things applications, ranging from wearable electronics to smart packaging. Here we report high-performance MoS2 field-effect transistors on paper fabricated with a channel-array approach, combining the advantages of two large-area techniques: chemical vapor deposition and inkjet-printing.The first allows the pre-deposition of a pattern of MoS2; the second, the printing of dielectric layers, contacts, and connections to complete transistors and circuits fabrication. Average ION/IOFF of 8 x 10^3 (up to 5 x 10^4) and mobility of 5.5 cm2 V-1 s-1 (up to 26 cm2 V-1 s-1) are obtained. Fully functional integrated circuits of digital and analog building blocks, such as logic gates and current mirrors, are demonstrated, highlighting the potential of this approach for ubiquitous electronics on paper.
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Submitted 14 October, 2020; v1 submitted 14 November, 2019;
originally announced November 2019.
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Localized inter-valley defect excitons as single-photon emitters in WSe$_2$
Authors:
L. Linhart,
M. Paur,
V. Smejkal,
J. Burgdörfer,
T. Mueller,
F. Libisch
Abstract:
Single-photon emitters play a key role in present and emerging quantum technologies. Several recent measurements have established monolayer WSe$_2$ as a promising candidate for a reliable single photon source. The origin and underlying microscopic processes have remained, however, largely elusive. We present a multi-scale tight-binding simulation for the optical spectra of WSe$_2$ under non-unifor…
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Single-photon emitters play a key role in present and emerging quantum technologies. Several recent measurements have established monolayer WSe$_2$ as a promising candidate for a reliable single photon source. The origin and underlying microscopic processes have remained, however, largely elusive. We present a multi-scale tight-binding simulation for the optical spectra of WSe$_2$ under non-uniform strain and in the presence of point defects employing the Bethe-Salpeter equation. Strain locally shifts excitonic energy levels into the band gap where they overlap with localized intra-gap defect states. The resulting hybridization allows for efficient filing and subsequent radiative decay of the defect states. We identify inter-valley defect excitonic states as the likely candidate for anti-bunched single-photon emission. This proposed scenario is shown to account for a large variety of experimental observations including brightness, radiative transition rates, the variation of the excitonic energy with applied magnetic and electric fields as well as the variation of the polarization of the emitted photon with the magnetic field.
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Submitted 5 April, 2019;
originally announced April 2019.
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Optical imaging of strain in two-dimensional crystals
Authors:
Lukas Mennel,
Marco M. Furchi,
Stefan Wachter,
Matthias Paur,
Dmitry K. Polyushkin,
Thomas Mueller
Abstract:
Strain engineering is widely used in material science to tune the (opto-)electronic properties of materials and enhance the performance of devices. Two-dimensional atomic crystals are a versatile playground to study the influence of strain, as they can sustain very large deformations without breaking. Various optical techniques have been employed to probe strain in two-dimensional materials, inclu…
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Strain engineering is widely used in material science to tune the (opto-)electronic properties of materials and enhance the performance of devices. Two-dimensional atomic crystals are a versatile playground to study the influence of strain, as they can sustain very large deformations without breaking. Various optical techniques have been employed to probe strain in two-dimensional materials, including micro-Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Here we demonstrate that optical second harmonic generation constitutes an even more powerful technique, as it allows to extract the full strain tensor with a spatial resolution below the optical diffraction limit. Our method is based on the strain-induced modification of the nonlinear susceptibility tensor due to a photoelastic effect. Using a two-point bending technique, we determine the photoelastic tensor elements of molybdenum disulfide. Once identified, these parameters allow us to spatially image the two-dimensional strain field in an inhomogeneously strained sample.
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Submitted 7 March, 2019;
originally announced March 2019.
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Electroluminescence from multi-particle exciton complexes in transition metal dichalcogenide semiconductors
Authors:
Matthias Paur,
Aday J. Molina-Mendoza,
Rudolf Bratschitsch,
Kenji Watanabe,
Takashi Taniguchi,
Thomas Mueller
Abstract:
Light emission from higher-order correlated excitonic states has been recently reported in hBN-encapsulated monolayer WSe2 and WS2 upon optical excitation. These exciton complexes are found to be bound states of excitons residing in opposite valleys in momentum space, a promising feature that could be employed in valleytronics or other novel optoelectronic devices. However, electrically-driven lig…
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Light emission from higher-order correlated excitonic states has been recently reported in hBN-encapsulated monolayer WSe2 and WS2 upon optical excitation. These exciton complexes are found to be bound states of excitons residing in opposite valleys in momentum space, a promising feature that could be employed in valleytronics or other novel optoelectronic devices. However, electrically-driven light emission from such exciton species is still lacking. Here we report electroluminescence from bright and dark excitons, negatively charged trions and neutral and negatively charged biexcitons, generated by a pulsed gate voltage, in hexagonal boron nitride encapsulated monolayer WSe2 and WS2 with graphene as electrode. By tailoring the pulse parameters we are able to tune the emission intensity of the different exciton species in both materials. We find the electroluminescence from charged biexcitons and dark excitons to be as narrow as 2.8 meV.
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Submitted 22 March, 2019; v1 submitted 10 December, 2018;
originally announced December 2018.