Fig. 2: Characterization of freestanding few-UC 2D CrTe crystals. | Nature Communications

Fig. 2: Characterization of freestanding few-UC 2D CrTe crystals.

From: Strong intrinsic room-temperature ferromagnetism in freestanding non-van der Waals ultrathin 2D crystals

Fig. 2: Characterization of freestanding few-UC 2D CrTe crystals.

a Freestanding few-UC CrTe crystals are well dispersed in ethanol, attracted by a ferromagnet and well re-dispersed after attraction. b Thickness distribution of the freestanding few-UC CrTe crystals from AFM statistical analysis. c Micrometer-scale TEM image of the few-UC CrTe crystals on milliporous substrate. d Dark-field image and corresponding element mappings for the few-UC CrTe crystal. e HRTEM image at the edge of the few-UC CrTe crystal. f Atomic-resolution TEM image of the few-UC CrTe crystal. g The selected-area electron diffraction (SAED) for the few-UC CrTe crystal. h Reduced fast Fourier transformation (RFFT) image derived from (g).

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