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The edges of 2D materials show novel electronic, magnetic, and optical properties, especially when reduced to nanoribbon widths. Therefore, methods to create atomically flat edges in 2D materials are essential for future exploitation. Atomically flat edges in 2D materials are found after brittle fracture or when electrically biasing, but a simple scalable approach for creating atomically flat periodic edges in monolayer 2D transition metal dichalcogenides has yet to be realized. Here, we show how heating monolayer MoS 2 o 800 °C in vacuum produces atomically flat Mo terminated zigzag edges in nanoribbons. We study this at the atomic level using an ultrastable in situ heating holder in an aberration-corrected transmission electron microscope and discriminating Mo from S at the edge, revealing unique Mo terminations for all zigzag orientations that remain stable and atomically flat when cooling back to room temperature. Highly faceted MoS 2 nanoribbon constrictions are produced with Mo rich edge structures that have theoretically predicted spin separated transport channels, which are promising for spin logic applications.

Atomically Flat Zigzag Edges in Monolayer MoS2 by Thermal Annealing

Atomically Flat Zigzag Edges in Monolayer MoS₂ by Thermal Annealing