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We demonstrate monolayer MoS2 grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) with transport properties comparable to those of the best exfoliated devices over a wide range of carrier densities (up to ~10^13 1/cm^2) and temperatures (80-500 K).…
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Gated molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) exhibits a rich phase diagram upon increasing electron doping, including a superconducting phase, a polaronic reconstruction of the bandstructure, and structural transitions away from the 2H polytype. The…
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