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  "abstract": "Remote epitaxy through a monolayer two-dimensional material-covered substrate establishes a crystallographic registry across the van der Waals (vdW) surface that enables the epitaxial growth, lift-off and transfer of single-crystalline films. A central belief in remote epitaxy is that the substrate facilitating the phenomenon must be a material with strong ionicity, as the interatomic electrostatic potential fluctuation in covalent and metallic materials is substantially attenuated by two-dimensional materials. Here, we show remote epitaxy is possible when the substrate is a metallic or covalently bonded material and experimentally demonstrate non-polar remote homo- and heteroepitaxy across a wide range of material systems, including both metals and semiconductors. The achieved non-polar remote interactions are designed and engineered by harnessing substrate conductivity and vicinal surface step-edge density. These findings indicate that remote epitaxy is universal and applicable to ionic, metallic, and covalent materials, expanding its capabilities and stimulating a plethora of new fundamental scientific questions about the mechanism of remote epitaxy.",
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      "name": "Ching-Tai Fu"
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    {
      "name": "Pei-Jan Hung"
    },
    {
      "name": "Xudong Li"
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    {
      "name": "Xiaolong Zhu"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yu Han"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sayantan Mahapatra"
    },
    {
      "name": "Zhiheng Zhao"
    },
    {
      "name": "Qingsong Fan"
    },
    {
      "name": "Xubing Wu"
    },
    {
      "name": "Qizhang Li"
    },
    {
      "name": "Chenxi Sui"
    },
    {
      "name": "Zirui Zhou"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ting-Hsuan Chen"
    },
    {
      "name": "Cheng-Hao Lei"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ivan Kuzmenko"
    },
    {
      "name": "Xiaobing Zuo"
    },
    {
      "name": "Byeongdu Lee"
    },
    {
      "name": "Alexander S. Filatov"
    },
    {
      "name": "Jeffrey R. Guest"
    },
    {
      "name": "Fengyuan Shi"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yuzi Liu"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hua Zhou"
    },
    {
      "name": "Yunfeng Shi"
    },
    {
      "name": "Po-Chun Hsu"
    }
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  "bibtex": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/5knzqwmgmrk63.bib",
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  "doi": "10.48550/arxiv.2609.05365",
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  "pdf_url": "https://arxiv.org/pdf/2609.05365",
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  "published": "2026-09-04",
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  "title": "Remote epitaxy beyond polarity",
  "title_text": "Remote epitaxy beyond polarity",
  "type": "preprint",
  "updated_at": "2026-10-30T12:19:14Z",
  "url": "https://research.draconitic.com/paper/5knzqwmgmrk63",
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