Strain-induced direct–indirect bandgap transition and phonon modulation in monolayer WS2

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2562-2572

  Wang, Yanlong ^a,b   Cong, Chunxiao ^b   Yang, Weihuang ^a,b   Shang, Jingzhi ^b   Peimyoo, Namphung ^b   Chen, Yu ^b   Kang, Junyong ^c   Wang, Jianpu ^a,d   Huang, Wei ^a,d,e   Yu, Ting ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

crystallographic orientation; indirect transition; light emission tuning; monolayer WS2; strain; trion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939264936     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0762-6     Document Type: Article

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