{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["15(1)"],"submitter":["Chang C"],"pubmed_abstract":["Compared to transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers, rhombohedral-stacked (R-stacked) TMD bilayers exhibit remarkable electrical performance, enhanced nonlinear optical response, giant piezo-photovoltaic effect and intrinsic interfacial ferroelectricity. However, from a thermodynamics perspective, the formation energies of R-stacked and hexagonal-stacked (H-stacked) TMD bilayers are nearly identical, leading to mixed stacking of both H- and R-stacked bilayers in epitaxial films. Here, we report the remote epitaxy of centimetre-scale single-crystal R-stacked WS<sub>2</sub> bilayer films on sapphire substrates. The bilayer growth is realized by a high flux feeding of the tungsten source at high temperature on substrates. The R-stacked configuration is achieved by the symmetry breaki"],"journal":["Nature communications"],"pagination":["4130"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11099013"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Remote epitaxy of single-crystal rhombohedral WS<sub>2</sub> bilayers."],"pmcid":["PMC11099013"],"pubmed_authors":["Ding F","Tang Z","Huang C","Liu K","Feng Z","Ren Y","Wei W","Guo Q","Zhou X","Wang J","Li W","Zhang X","Cai Y","Chang C","Xu X"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Remote epitaxy of single-crystal rhombohedral WS<sub>2</sub> bilayers.","description":"Compared to transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) monolayers, rhombohedral-stacked (R-stacked) TMD bilayers exhibit remarkable electrical performance, enhanced nonlinear optical response, giant piezo-photovoltaic effect and intrinsic interfacial ferroelectricity. However, from a thermodynamics perspective, the formation energies of R-stacked and hexagonal-stacked (H-stacked) TMD bilayers are nearly identical, leading to mixed stacking of both H- and R-stacked bilayers in epitaxial films. Here, we report the remote epitaxy of centimetre-scale single-crystal R-stacked WS<sub>2</sub> bilayer films on sapphire substrates. The bilayer growth is realized by a high flux feeding of the tungsten source at high temperature on substrates. The R-stacked configuration is achieved by the symmetry breaki","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 May","modification":"2026-04-12T15:30:26.832Z","creation":"2026-04-07T13:17:59.975Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11099013","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38755189"],"doi":["10.1038/s41467-024-48522-8"]}}