# Pinpoint pick-up and bubble-free assembly of 2D materials using   PDMS/PMMA polymers with lens shapes

**Authors:** Satoshi Toyoda, Teerayut Uwanno, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe and, Kosuke Nagashio

arXiv: 1904.13047 · 2019-05-01

## TL;DR

This paper introduces a lens-shaped polymer transfer system for assembling 2D materials, achieving bubble-free, clean interfaces crucial for high-quality van der Waals heterostructures.

## Contribution

It presents a novel polymer-based transfer method with lens shapes that enables precise, bubble-free stacking of 2D materials for improved device quality.

## Key findings

- Achieved bubble-free 2D material assembly
- Controlled transfer interface with unidirectional sweep
- Enhanced interface cleanliness for heterostructure devices

## Abstract

The key to achieving high-quality van der Waals heterostructure devices made by stacking two-dimensional (2D) layered materials lies in having a clean interface without interfacial bubbles and wrinkles. In this study, the pinpoint pick-up and transfer system of 2D crystals is constructed using polymers with lens shapes. We report the bubble-free and clean-interface assembly of 2D crystals in which unidirectional sweep of the transfer interface precisely controlled with the help of the inclined substrate pushes the bubbles away from the interface.

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/1904.13047