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Illuminating interlayer interactions

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A synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiment demonstrates an unexpected accumulation of electron density in the interlayer region of TiS2, and provides a benchmark for theoretical models of weak interlayer bonding.

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Fig. 1: Schematic of intralayer and interlayer interactions of 1T-TiS2.

adapted from ref. 3, Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

Fig. 2: Artistic cross-section view for PtS2 bilayer and the interlayer differential charge density.

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