Strain and structure heterogeneity in MoS 2 atomic layers grown by chemical vapour deposition

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Liu, Zheng ^a,b,c   Amani, Matin ^d   Najmaei, Sina ^e   Xu, Quan ^f,g   Zou, Xiaolong ^e   Zhou, Wu ^h   Yu, Ting ⁱ   Qiu, Caiyu ⁱ   Birdwell, A Glen ^d   Crowne, Frank J ^d   Vajtai, Robert ^e   Yakobson, Boris I ^e   Xia, Zhenhai ^f   Dubey, Madan ^d   Ajayan, Pulickel M ^e   Lou, Jun ^e  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c RESEARCH TECHNO PLAZA   (Singapore)

^d U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Rice University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

^g CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^h OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTALLINITY; DEFECT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LUMINESCENCE; MOLYBDENUM; NONLINEARITY; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; VAPOR; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 84921340173     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms6246     Document Type: Article

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