Electrical, optical and structural properties of low-dimensional materials based on tungstenPirker, Luka (Avtor) Remškar, Maja (Mentor) tungsten sub-oxidesnanomaterialscharacterizationmulti- stoichiometric single crystalSubstoichiometric tungsten oxides are an interesting class of materials, where defects form periodic structures. These defects are called crystallographic shear (CS) planes and depending on the type of the CS plane and the distance between them, they can form tungsten suboxides with different stoichiometries. In this Thesis quasi-two-dimensional substoichiometric tungsten oxide structures, which nucleate by epitaxial growth on the W$_{19}$O$_{55}$ nanowires and grow as thin platelets, were identified. Both the nanowires and the platelets accommodate oxygen deficiency by formation of crystallographic shear planes. High resolution electron microscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and x-ray diffraction were used for structural determination, Raman spectroscopy for vibrational analysis, and optical absorption, Kelvin microscopy and scanning tunnelling spectroscopy for elucidation of electric properties. The used experimental techniques are discussed in the Methods chapter, in the Publication overview chapter an overview of the literature is presented and in the Results and discussion chapter the results are presented and discussed. Stoichiometric phases, W$_{18}$O$_{53}$ (WO$_{2.944}$), W$_{17}$O$_{50}$ (WO$_{2.941}$), W$_{16}$O$_{47}$ (WO$_{2.938}$), W$_{15}$O$_{44}$ (WO$_{2.933}$), W$_{14}$O$_{41}$ (WO$_{2.929}$), W$_{9}$O$_{26}$ (WO$_{2.889}$), and W$_{10}$O$_{29}$ (WO$_{2.9}$), syntactically grow inside a single platelet. Six of the seven identified phases were observed for the first time which were predicted more than 70 years ago. These platelet-like crystals represent a new kind of polycrystallinity, where crystallographic shear planes accommodate oxygen deficiency and at the same time stabilize this multi-stoichiometric structure.20202020-10-13 11:47:39Doktorsko delo/naloga121517sl