Direct TEM observations of growth mechanisms of two-dimensional MoS 2 flakes

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Fei, Linfeng ^a   Lei, Shuijin ^b   Zhang, Wei Bing ^a,c   Lu, Wei ^a   Lin, Ziyuan ^a   Lam, Chi Hang ^a   Chai, Yang ^a   Wang, Yu ^a,b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHANGSHA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; DISULFIDE; MOLYBDENUM; THIOMOLYBDIC ACID;

AMMONIUM; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRACTURE ORIENTATION; GRAIN SIZE; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; MEMBRANE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84978779752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12206     Document Type: Article

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