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We study the effect of electric stress, gas pressure and gas type on the hysteresis in the transfer characteristics of monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) field effect transistors. The presence of defects and point vacancies in the MoS2…
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The tunability of physical properties in transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) through point defect engineering offers significant potential for the development of next-generation optoelectronic and high-tech applications. Building upon…
We investigate electrical gating of photoluminescence and optical absorption in monolayer molybdenum disulfide (MoS$_2$) configured in field effect transistor geometry. We observe an hundredfold increase in photoluminescence intensity and…
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a widely studied layered material for electronic, optical, and catalytic applications. It can host lithium ions between the van der Waals layers, which triggers a phase transition between the semiconducting 2H…
The objective of this work is to study the effects of charge redistribution, applied layer-normal electric fields, applied strain, and layer engineering on the band alignment of Black Phosphorus (BP)/Molybdenum disulphide (MoS2)…
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Irradiation with high-energy particles has recently emerged as an effective tool for tailoring the properties of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides. In order to carry out an atomically-precise manipulation of the lattice, a…
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