Onset of two-dimensional superconductivity in space charge doped few-layer molybdenum disulfide

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Biscaras, Johan ^a   Chen, Zhesheng ^a   Paradisi, Andrea ^a   Shukla, Abhay ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM DISULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRIC FIELD; FILM; GLASS; INSULATION; MOLYBDENUM; PHASE TRANSITION; SUBSTRATE; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; TEMPERATURE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STATIC ELECTRICITY; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84946615983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9826     Document Type: Article

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