Janus MoSSe nanotubes on one-dimensional SWCNT-BNNT van der Waals heterostructures

TL;DR

This paper reports the synthesis and characterization of Janus MoSSe nanotubes on SWCNT-BNNT heterostructures, revealing potential for novel properties in 1D Janus TMDC nanotubes.

Contribution

First successful synthesis of Janus MoSSe nanotubes from MoS2 nanotubes on heterostructures, enabling exploration of their unique properties.

Findings

Confirmed Janus structure via Raman spectroscopy

Demonstrated growth of MoSSe nanotubes on heterostructures

Provided morphological and elemental characterization

Abstract

2D Janus TMDC layers with broken mirror symmetry exhibit giant Rashba splitting and unique excitonic behavior. For their 1D counterparts, the Janus nanotubes possess curvature, which introduce an additional degree of freedom to break the structural symmetry. This could potentially enhance these effects or even give rise to novel properties. In addition, Janus MSSe nanotubes (M=W, Mo), with diameters surpassing 40 {\AA} and Se positioned externally, consistently demonstrate lower energy states than their Janus monolayer counterparts. However, there have been limited studies on the preparation of Janus nanotubes, due to the synthesis challenge and limited sample quality. Here we first synthesized MoS2 nanotubes based on SWCNT-BNNT heterostructure and then explored the growth of Janus MoSSe nanotubes from MoS2 nanotubes with the assistance of H2 plasma at room temperature. The successful formation of the Janus structure was confirmed via Raman spectroscopy, and microscopic morphology and elemental distribution of the grown samples were further characterized. The synthesis of Janus MoSSe nanotubes based on SWCNT-BNNT enables the further exploration of novel properties in Janus TMDC nanotubes.