Tightly bound trions in monolayer MoS 2

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 207-211

  Mak, Kin Fai ^a   He, Keliang ^b   Lee, Changgu ^c   Lee, Gwan Hyoung ^d   Hone, James ^d   Heinz, Tony F ^a   Shan, Jie ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC CRYSTALS; DIRECT ENERGY GAPS; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES; MANY-BODY INTERACTIONS; NON-CENTROSYMMETRIC; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION; SPIN-POLARIZED HOLE;

BINDING ENERGY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; GRAPHENE; MONOLAYERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84875437247     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3505     Document Type: Article

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