The scalable synthesis of 2D materials critically relies on finding appropriate vapour-phase metal precursors and careful fine-tuning of growth parameters. Here, the authors instead use solid elemental precursors and a single recipe to demonstrate a general approach for synthesising thin epitaxial layers of 20 different 2D binary compounds, including transition metal sulphides, selenides, tellurides, and nitrides.
- Abhay Shivayogimath
- Joachim Dahl Thomsen
- Timothy J. Booth
