Layered Two-Dimensional Heterostructures and Their Tunneling Characteristics

Layered Two-Dimensional Heterostructures and Their Tunneling Characteristics

de la Barrera, Sergio C.

Springer International Publishing AG

12/2017

141

Dura

Inglês

9783319692562

15 a 20 dias

This thesis demonstrates that layered heterostructures of two-dimensional crystals graphene, hexagonal boron nitride, and transition metal dichalcogenides provide new and interesting interlayer transport phenomena.
Chapter1. Introduction.- Chapter2. Experimental Methods.- Chapter3. Thickness Characterization of Tungsten Diselenide Using Electron Reflectivity Oscilations.- Chapter4. Tunneling Transport Between Transition Metal Dichalcogenides.- Chapter5. Application of Work Function Extraction Method to Material Characterization.- Chapter6. Theoretical Background.- Chapter7. Theory of Graphene-Insulator-Graphene Tunnel Junctions.- Chapter8. Tunneling Between Bilayers of Graphene.- Chapter9. Progress Toward 2D Tunneling Devices.- Chapter10. Conclusions.