High-performance chemical sensing using Schottky-contacted chemical vapor deposition grown monolayer MoS2 transistors

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 5304-5314

  Liu, Bilu ^a   Chen, Liang ^a   Liu, Gang ^a   Abbas, Ahmad N ^a   Fathi, Mohammad ^a   Zhou, Chongwu ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

2D materials; charge transfer; chemical sensing; chemical vapor deposition; Schottky barrier

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; MONOLAYERS; NITROGEN OXIDES; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SENSORS; TRANSISTORS; TWO DIMENSIONAL; VAPORS;

CHEMICAL SENSING; FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH PERFORMANCE SENSORS; INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; SEMI-CONDUCTING PROPERTY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) CRYSTALS;

MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84901649888     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn5015215     Document Type: Article

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