Electric-field-induced strong enhancement of electroluminescence in multilayer molybdenum disulfide

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Dehui ^a   Cheng, Rui ^b   Zhou, Hailong ^a   Wang, Chen ^b   Yin, Anxiang ^a   Chen, Yu ^b   Weiss, Nathan O ^b   Huang, Yu ^a,b   Duan, Xiangfeng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Engineering IV   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; LUMINESCENCE; MOLYBDENUM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SULFIDE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY; LUMINESCENCE; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEMICONDUCTOR; THICKNESS;

EID: 84935114565     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8509     Document Type: Article

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