Exploring atomic defects in molybdenum disulphide monolayers

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hong, Jinhua ^a   Hu, Zhixin ^b   Probert, Matt ^c   Li, Kun ^d   Lv, Danhui ^a   Yang, Xinan ^e   Gu, Lin ^e   Mao, Nannan ^f,g   Feng, Qingliang ^f   Xie, Liming ^f   Zhang, Jin ^g   Wu, Dianzhong ^g   Zhang, Zhiyong ^g   Jin, Chuanhong ^a   Ji, Wei ^b,h   Zhang, Xixiang ^d   Yuan, Jun ^a,c   Zhang, Ze ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^f NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^g PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; MOLYBDENUM; SULFUR;

MOLYBDENUM; SAMPLING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; ATOM; ATOMIC DEFECT; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY TRANSFER; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; VAPOR;

EID: 84923379977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7293     Document Type: Article

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