Quantification of Ion-Implanted Single-Atom Dopants in Monolayer MoS 2 via HAADF STEM Using the TEMUL Toolkit
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Quantification of Ion-Implanted Single-Atom Dopants in Monolayer MoS 2 via HAADF STEM Using the TEMUL Toolkit
Hennessy, M.; O'Connell, E. N.; Auge, M.; Moynihan, E.; Hofsäss, H. & Bangert, U. (2022)
Microscopy and Microanalysis, pp. 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1431927622000757
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- Hennessy, Michael; O'Connell, Eoghan N.; Auge, Manuel; Moynihan, Eoin; Hofsäss, Hans; Bangert, Ursel
- Abstract
- In recent years, atomic resolution imaging of two-dimensional (2D) materials using scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) has become routine. Individual dopant atoms in 2D materials can be located and identified using their contrast in annular dark-field (ADF) STEM. However, in order to understand the effect of these dopant atoms on the host material, there is now the need to locate and quantify them on a larger scale. In this work, we analyze STEM images of MoS 2 monolayers that have been ion-implanted with chromium at ultra-low energies. We use functions from the open-source TEMUL Toolkit to create and refine an atomic model of an experimental image based on the positions and intensities of the atomic columns in the image. We then use the refined model to determine the likely composition of each atomic site. Surface contamination stemming from the sample preparation of 2D materials can prevent accurate quantitative identification of individual atoms. We disregard atomic sites from regions of the image with hydrocarbon surface contamination to demonstrate that images acquired using contaminated samples can give significant atom statistics from their clean regions, and can be used to calculate the retention rate of the implanted ions within the host lattice. We find that some of the implanted chromium ions have been successfully integrated into the MoS 2 lattice, with 4.1% of molybdenum atoms in the transition metal sublattice replaced with chromium.
- Issue Date
- 2022
- Journal
- Microscopy and Microanalysis
- ISSN
- 1431-9276
- eISSN
- 1435-8115
- Language
- English
- Sponsor
- Volkswagen Foundation http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001663
Irish Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002081
Irish Research Council http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002081