Growth mechanism for single- and multi-layer MoS2 nanocrystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 39, 2014, Pages 22768-22773

  Hansen, Lars P ^a   Johnson, Erik ^b   Brorson, Michael ^a   Helveg, Stig ^a  

^a HALDOR TOPSØE A S   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; NUCLEATION;

ACTIVATED PROCESS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION; HYDROTREATING CATALYSIS; LAYER-BY LAYER MODE; NUCLEATION CENTER; PROCESS PARAMETERS; RELATIVE FRACTION;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84907757415     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5069279     Document Type: Article

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