Substrate‐Versatile and Stress‐Free Tellurization of PtTe <sub>2</sub> Films

Publication date: 8 Ott 2025

JournalSource: OPENALEXOpenAlex type: articleOpen Access
Authors: Matteo Gardella, Chiara Massetti, Alessandro Cataldo, Pinaka Pani Tummala, Alessio Lamperti, Carlo Grazianetti, Christian Martella, Alessandro Molle

Platinum ditelluride (PtTe 2 ) is a type‐II Dirac semimetal featuring tilted cones in its electronic band structure, which leads to intriguing electronic and optical topological properties. Here, a large area growth process is presented for the synthesis of PtTe 2 films with nanoscale thickness by sputtering deposition of a Pt precursor layer and subsequent tellurization at 450 °C. Although the Pt deposition step does not pose stringent limitation on the substrate choice, it is demonstrated that the heating rate during the tellurization step can induce a significant thermal‐induced strain when the process is extended from silicon dielectric transparent silica substrates, leading to macroscopic wrinkling of the PtTe 2 film. Thus, a slower tellurization process is optimized, successfully resulting in stress‐free growth even on dielectric substrates. Additionally, the same new process repeated on silicon substrates shows a threefold enhanced minimum grain size compared to the original process. These accomplishments, combined with the scalability of the growth technique and the deterministic material patterning achieved by optical lithography, are crucial for a facile integration of PtTe 2 in any kind of device.

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physica status solidi (RRL) - Rapid Research Letters
Volume
20
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