Piezoelectric effect in chemical vapour deposition-grown atomic-monolayer triangular molybdenum disulfide piezotronics

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Qi, Junjie ^a   Lan, Yann Wen ^b,c   Stieg, Adam Z ^b,d   Chen, Jyun Hong ^e   Zhong, Yuan Liang ^e   Li, Lain Jong ^f   Chen, Chii Dong ^c   Zhang, Yue ^a   Wang, Kang L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISULFIDE; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOLYBDENUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; NANODEVICE; NANOELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; NANOFABRICATION; NANOSENSOR; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR;

EID: 84933038435     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8430     Document Type: Article

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