Functionalization of transition metal dichalcogenides with metallic nanoparticles: Implications for doping and gas-sensing

Nano Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2852-2862

  Sarkar, Deblina ^a   Xie, Xuejun ^a   Kang, Jiahao ^a   Zhang, Haojun ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Navarrete, Jose ^b   Moskovits, Martin ^b   Banerjee, Kaustav ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

2D materials; dichalcogenides; doping; metallic nanoparticles; MoS2< inf>; noble metals; WSe2< inf>

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHEMICAL DETECTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GAS DETECTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PLATINUM METALS; PRECIOUS METALS; SILVER; THRESHOLD VOLTAGE; TRANSITION METALS;

DICHALCOGENIDES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; GAS SENSING APPLICATIONS; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

SCANDIUM;

EID: 84929193312     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl504454u     Document Type: Article

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