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Transition metal dichalcogenides such as MoS$_2$ represent promising candidates for building blocks of ultra-thin nanophotonic devices. For such applications, vertically-oriented MoS$_2$ (v-MoS$_2$) nanosheets could be advantageous as…
Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide (MoS2) with a direct band gap of 1.8 eV is a promising two-dimensional material with a potential to surpass graphene in next generation nanoelectronic applications. In this letter, we synthesize monolayer MoS2…
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a highly attractive 2D material due to its interesting electronic properties. Recent experimental advances confirm the possibility of further tuning the electronic properties of MoS2 through the fabrication of…
The vapor phase synthesis of two-dimensional transition-metal dichalcogenides (MX2) and their heterostructures is often poorly reproducible and sensitive to uncontrolled environmental humidity. It was recently realized that water vapor can…
In search of an improved strategy to form low resistance contacts to MoS2 and related semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides, we use ab initio density functional electronic structure calculations in order to determine the…
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is a promising 2D transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD) for optoelectronics and quantum technology applications, but faces challenges in scalable synthesis and defect engineering. Oxygen-assisted chemical vapor…
Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs), such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS$_2$), are emerging as promising materials for next-generation electronic devices. They have proved to be serious candidates for integration with…
Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) have been intensively investigated because of their exclusive physical properties for advanced electronics and optoelectronics. In the present…
H$_2$ evolution reaction (HER) requires an electrocatalyst to reduce the reaction barriers for the efficient production of H$_2$. Platinum-group metal (PGM) elements such as Pt, Pd, etc. and their derivatives show excellent electrocatalytic…
Monolayer Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a two-dimensional crystal with a direct bandgap, is a promising candidate for 2D nanoelectronic devices complementing graphene. There have been recent attempts to produce MoS2 layers via chemical and…
The thermoelectric figures of merit of pristine two-dimensional materials are predicted to be significantly less than unity, making them uncompetitive as thermoelectric materials. Here we elucidate a new strategy that overcomes this…
The rational design of transition metal dichalcogenide electrocatalysts for efficiently catalyzing hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is believed to lead to the generation of a renewable energy carrier. To this end our work has made three…
MXenes with versatile chemistry and superior electrical conductivity are prevalent candidate materials for energy storage and catalysts. Inspired by recent experiments of hybridizing MXenes with carbon materials, here we theoretically…
The layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have attracted considerable interest due to their unique electronic and optical properties. Here we report electric field induced strong electroluminescence in multi-layer MoS2 and WSe2.…
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) have recently attracted extensive research attention due to their promising compatibility with silicon based electronics. However, several key challenges still limit…
Two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) are an exciting platform for new excitonic physics and next-generation electronics, creating a strong demand to understand their growth, doping, and…
Two-dimensional (2D) layered transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) have emerged as promising materials for electronic, optoelectronic, and valleytronic applications. Recent work suggests drastic changes of the band gap and exciton binding…
Atomically thin two-dimensional (2D) semiconductors such as molybdenum disulphide (MoS2) hold great promise in electrical, optical, and mechanical devices and display novel physical phenomena such as coupled spin-valley physics and the…
Two-dimensional (2D) molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) has attracted significant attention because of its outstanding properties, suitable for application in several critical technologies like, solar cells, photocatalysis, lithium-ion batteries,…
Molybdenum disulfide (MoS$_2$) nanoribbons have attracted increased interest due to their properties which can be tailored by tuning their dimensions. Herein, we demonstrate the growth of highly crystalline quasi-one-dimensional (1D)MoS$_2$…