Molecular-beam epitaxy of monolayer and bilayer WSe2: A scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy study and deduction of exciton binding energy

2D Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Liu, H J ^a   Jiao, L ^a   Xie, L ^a   Yang, F ^b   Chen, J L ^a   Ho, W K ^a   Gao, C L ^b   Jia, J F ^b   Cui, X D ^a   Xie, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

2D crystal; Exciton; MBE,STM S; Photoluminescence; WSe2

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; DEFECTS; ENERGY GAP; EXCITONS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; MOLECULAR BEAMS; MONOLAYERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; TRANSITION METALS;

2-D CRYSTALS; BAND-BENDING EFFECTS; EXCITON-BINDING ENERGY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY/SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); WSE2;

SELENIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84934980967     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20531583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1583/2/3/034004     Document Type: Article

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