Band Alignment in MoS2/WS2 Transition Metal Dichalcogenide Heterostructures Probed by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy and Spectroscopy

Nano Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 4831-4837

  Hill, Heather M ^a,b,c   Rigosi, Albert F ^a,b,c   Rim, Kwang Taeg ^a   Flynn, George W ^a   Heinz, Tony F ^a,b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

2D materials; heterostructures; scanning tunneling microscopy; scanning tunneling spectroscopy; transition metal dichalcogenides

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; MONOLAYERS; SAMPLING; SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSITION METALS;

BAND ALIGNMENTS; QUASI PARTICLES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY AND SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING SPECTROSCOPY; STACKING CONFIGURATIONS; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; TUNNELING SPECTRA; TYPE II BAND ALIGNMENTS;

SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84981316475     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b01007     Document Type: Article

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