Growth mechanism of pulsed laser fabricated few-layer MoS2 on metal substrates

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 15966-15971

  Loh, Tamie A J ^a   Chua, Daniel H C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Conventional epitaxy; Few layer MoS2; Metal support; Pulsed laser; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; FILM GROWTH; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; METALS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL BARRIER COATINGS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FEW-LAYER MOS2; GROWTH CONDITIONS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; INTERFACE INTERACTION; METAL-SUPPORTS; SEMICRYSTALLINES; SUBSTRATE INTERACTION; VAPOR-DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES;

PULSED LASERS;

EID: 84912033980     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am503719b     Document Type: Article

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