Effect of strain on electronic and thermoelectric properties of few layers to bulk MoS2

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 46, 2014, Pages

  Bhattacharyya, Swastibrata ^a   Pandey, Tribhuwan ^a   Singh, Abhishek K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

density functional theory; electronic structure; thermoelectric

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

EFFECT OF STRAIN; THERMOELECTRIC; THERMOELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84909954107     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/46/465701     Document Type: Article

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