Highly tunable moir\'e superlattice potentials in twisted hexagonal boron nitrides
Moir\'e superlattice of twisted hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as an advanced atomically thin van der Waals interfacial ferroelectricity platform. Nanoscale periodic ferroelectric moir\'e domains with out-of-plane potentials in twisted hBN allow the hosting of remote Coulomb sup...
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Zusammenfassung: | Moir\'e superlattice of twisted hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) has emerged as
an advanced atomically thin van der Waals interfacial ferroelectricity
platform. Nanoscale periodic ferroelectric moir\'e domains with out-of-plane
potentials in twisted hBN allow the hosting of remote Coulomb superlattice
potentials to adjacent two-dimensional materials for tailoring strongly
correlated properties. Therefore, the new strategies for engineering moir\'e
length, angle, and potential strength are essential for developing programmable
quantum materials and advanced twistronics applications devices. Here, we
demonstrate the realization of twisted hBN-based moir\'e superlattice platforms
and visualize the moir\'e domains and ferroelectric properties using Kelvin
probe force microscopy. Also, we report the KPFM result of regular moir\'e
superlattice in the large area. It offers the possibility to reproduce uniform
moir\'e structures with precise control piezo stage stacking and heat
annealing. We demonstrate the high tunability of twisted hBN moir\'e platforms
and achieve cumulative multi-ferroelectric polarization and multi-level domains
with multiple angle mismatched interfaces. Additionally, we observe the
quasi-1D anisotropic moir\'e domains and show the highest resolution analysis
of the local built-in strain between adjacent hBN layers compared to the
conventional methods. Furthermore, we demonstrate in-situ manipulation of
moir\'e superlattice potential strength using femtosecond pulse laser
irradiation, which results in the optical phonon-induced atomic displacement at
the hBN moir\'e interfaces. Our results pave the way to develop precisely
programmable moir\'e superlattice platforms and investigate strongly correlated
physics in van der Waals heterostructures. |
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DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.2410.22593 |