Evolution of interlayer coupling in twisted molybdenum disulfide bilayers

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Liu, Kaihui ^a,b   Zhang, Liming ^a   Cao, Ting ^a   Jin, Chenhao ^a   Qiu, Diana ^a   Zhou, Qin ^a   Zettl, Alex ^a,c   Yang, Peidong ^a,c   Louie, Steve G ^a   Wang, Feng ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; DISULFIDE; GRAPHENE; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON; MOLYBDENUM; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; SULFIDE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 84923315662     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5966     Document Type: Article

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