Synthesis of Epitaxial Single-Layer MoS2 on Au(111)

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 35, 2015, Pages 9700-9706

  Grønborg, Signe S ^a   Ulstrup, Søren ^a   Bianchi, Marco ^a   Dendzik, Maciej ^a   Sanders, Charlotte E ^a   Lauritsen, Jeppe V ^a   Hofmann, Philip ^a   Miwa, Jill A ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; GOLD COMPOUNDS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

ANGLE RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; AU(111) SURFACES; BRILLOUIN ZONES; DOMAIN BOUNDARY; GROWTH PROCESS; LINE DEFECTS; NANO-ISLANDS; SINGLE LAYER;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84941088355     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b02533     Document Type: Article

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