Femtosecond spectroscopy on MoS2flakes from liquid exfoliation: Surfactant independent exciton dynamics

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Vella, Daniele ^a,b   Vega Mayoral, Victor ^a,b   Gadermaier, Christoph ^a,b   Vujicic, Natasa ^a,c   Borzda, Tetiana ^a,b   Topolovsek, Peter ^a,b,d   Prijatelj, Matej ^a,b   Tempra, Iacopo ^e   Pogna, Eva A A ^e   Cerullo, Giulio ^e  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b Joef Stefan International Postgraduate School   (Slovenia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Croatia)

^d ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^e IFN CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

femtosecond spectroscopy; ionic surfactants; MoS2; transition metal dichalcogenides; two dimensional crystals

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; EXCITONS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

DICHALCOGENIDES; EXCITON DYNAMICS; FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; FEMTOSECOND SPECTROSCOPY; IONIC SURFACTANTS; LIQUID EXFOLIATIONS; PHOTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CRYSTALS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL SEMICONDUCTORS;

TRANSITION METALS;

EID: 84977918868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.10.012508     Document Type: Article

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