compositional line phases (PtTe 2, Pt 3 Te 4, and Pt 2 Te 2) that can be described as layered
van der Waals materials. This presents challenges in controlling the composition of ultrathin
Pt-telluride 2D materials by physical vapor deposition methods. Here we show by
temperature programmed synchrotron photoemission spectroscopy that the different phases
have varying thermal stability in vacuum. This enables the synthesis of these materials by …