Atomic and electronic properties of quasi-one-dimensional MoS2 nanowires

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 240-249

  Seivane, Lucas Fernandez ^a   Barron, Hector ^a   Botti, Silvana ^b   Marques, Miguel Alexandre Lopes ^c,d   Rubio, Ángel ^e   López Lozano, Xóchitl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SOLIDES IRRADIÉS   (France)

^c European Theoretical Spectroscopy Facility (ETSF)   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORIES (DFT); EDGE-ATOMS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES; MAGNETIC CHARACTER; METALLIC STATE; QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL; REDUCED DIMENSIONALITY;

ATOMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MODEL STRUCTURES; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOWIRES; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; SULFUR;

MOLYBDENUM;

EID: 84873821797     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.355     Document Type: Article

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