Direct observation of molybdenum disulfide, MoS2, domains by using a liquid crystalline texture method

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 229-234

  Kim, Dae Woo ^a   Ok, Jong Min ^a   Jung, Woo Bin ^a   Kim, Jong Seon ^a   Kim, Seon Joon ^a   Choi, Hyung Ouk ^a   Kim, Yun Ho ^b   Jung, Hee Tae ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

2D materials; anchoring; boundaries; domain; liquid crystals; MoS2

Indexed keywords

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; LIQUIDS; MOLYBDENUM; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; TEXTURES;

ANCHORING; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; DIRECT VISUALIZATION; DOMAIN; LARGE AREA SYNTHESIS; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; MOS2;

MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84920972896     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl5034528     Document Type: Article

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