Isolating 2D materials from non-van der Waals (non-vdW) layered structures by mechanical cleavage is challenging owing to strong electronic coupling between adjacent layers. We show that mechanically sliding the layers weakens interlayer interactions, enabling delamination of a wide range of non-vdW layered structures to produce 2D sheets with unusual thickness-dependent physical properties.
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Mechanically cleaving non-van der Waals structures by disrupting interlayer interactions. Nat. Synth 2, 15–16 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44160-022-00183-5
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