Recent advancement on the optical properties of two-dimensional molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) thin films

Photonics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 288-307

  Ye, Mingxiao ^a   Winslow, Dustin ^a   Zhang, Dongyan ^a   Pandey, Ravindra ^a   Yap, Yoke Khin ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct band gap; Electronic band structure; Molybdenum disulfide; Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy; Raman spectroscopy; Resonant Raman scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020923893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23046732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/photonics2010288     Document Type: Review

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