A density functional theory study of the tunable structure, magnetism and metal-insulator phase transition in VS2 monolayers induced by in-plane biaxial strain

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1348-1356

  Kan, Min ^a,b   Wang, Bo ^a   Lee, Young Hee ^b   Sun, Qiang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

biaxial strain; density functional theory (DFT); phase diagram; phase transition; transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930682952     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0626-5     Document Type: Article

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