Soft-matter-induced orderings in a solid-state van der Waals heterostructure

Kai Zhao, Baojuan Dong, Yuang Wang, Xiaoxue Fan, Qi Wang, Zhiren Xiong, Jing Zhang, Jinkun He, Kaining Yang, Minru Qi, Chengbing Qin, Tongyao Zhang, Maolin Chen, Hanwen Wang, Jianqi Huang, Kai Liu, Hanwei Huang, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Yaning Wang, Xixiang Zhang, Juehan Yang, Zhenwen Huang, Yongjun Li, Zhongming Wei (), Jing Zhang (), Shuoxing Jiang (), Zheng Vitto Han () and Funan Liu ()
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Kai Zhao: Shanxi University
Baojuan Dong: Shanxi University
Yuang Wang: Nanjing University
Xiaoxue Fan: Shanxi University
Qi Wang: Nanjing University
Zhiren Xiong: Shanxi University
Jing Zhang: Shanxi University
Jinkun He: Shanxi University
Kaining Yang: Shanxi University
Minru Qi: Shanxi University
Chengbing Qin: Shanxi University
Tongyao Zhang: Shanxi University
Maolin Chen: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Hanwen Wang: Liaoning Academy of Materials
Jianqi Huang: Liaoning Academy of Materials
Kai Liu: Tsinghua University
Hanwei Huang: The First Hospital of China Medical University
Kenji Watanabe: National Institute for Materials Science
Takashi Taniguchi: National Institute for Materials Science
Yaning Wang: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xixiang Zhang: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Juehan Yang: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhenwen Huang: Bruker (Beijing) Scientific Technology Co. Ltd
Yongjun Li: Bruker (Beijing) Scientific Technology Co. Ltd
Zhongming Wei: Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jing Zhang: Shanxi University
Shuoxing Jiang: Nanjing University
Zheng Vitto Han: Shanxi University
Funan Liu: The First Hospital of China Medical University

Nature Communications, 2025, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract Deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA), a type of soft matter, is often considered a promising building block to fabricate and investigate hybrid heterostructures with exotic functionalities. However, at this stage, investigations on DNA-enabled nanoelectronics have been largely limited to zero-dimensional (0D) and/or one-dimensional (1D) structures. Exploring their potential in higher dimensions, particularly in combination with hard matter solids such as van der Waals (vdW) two-dimensional (2D) materials, has proven challenging. Here, we show that 2D tessellations of DNA origami thin films, with a lateral size over 10 μm, can function as a sufficiently stiff substrate (Young’s modulus of ~4 GPa). We further demonstrate a two-dimensional soft-hard interface of matter (2D-SHIM), in which vdW layers are coupled to the 2D tessellations of DNA origami. In such 2D-SHIM, the DNA film can then serve as a superlattice due to its sub-100 nm sized pitch of the self-assemblies, which modulates the electronic states of the hybrid system. Our findings open up promising possibilities for manipulating the electronic properties in hard matter using soft matter as a super-structural tuning knob, which may find applications in next generation nanoelectronics.

Date: 2025
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