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1 PublicationA New Group of Two-Dimensional Non-van der Waals Materials with Ultra Low Exfoliation Energies
Barnowsky, T.; Krasheninnikov, A.; Friedrich, R.
The exfoliation energy — quantifying the energy required to extract a two-dimensional (2D) sheet from the surface of a bulk
material — is a key parameter determining the synthesizability of 2D compounds. Here, using ab initio calculations, we present
a new group of non-van der Waals 2D materials derived from non-layered crystals which exhibit ultra low exfoliation energies.
In particular for sulfides, surface relaxations are essential to correctly describe the associated energy gain needed to obtain
reliable results. Taking into account long-range dispersive interactions has only a minor effect on the energetics and ultimately
proves that the exfoliation energies are close to the ones of traditional van der Waals bound 2D compounds. The candidates
with the lowest energies, 2D SbTlO3 and MnNaCl3, exhibit appealing electronic, potential topological, and magnetic
features as evident from the calculated band structures making these systems an attractive platform for fundamental and applied
nanoscience.
Keywords: 2D materials; exfoliation; computational materials science
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- Ion Beam Center DOI: 10.17815/jlsrf-3-159
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