Yu Xiang

TL;DR: A multistep diffusion-mediated process was developed to control the nucleation density, size, and lateral growth rate of WSe2 domains on c-plane sapphire for the epitaxial growth of large area monolayer films by gas source chemical vapor deposition (CVD).

TL;DR: In this article, the flexo-photovoltaic effect in an archetypal two-dimensional material, MoS2, was demonstrated by using a strain-gradient engineering approach based on the structural inhomogeneity and phase transition of a hybrid system consisting of MoS 2 and VO2.

TL;DR: It is reported that vanadium disulfide flakes can be rendered stable in the electrochemical environment of a lithium-ion battery by conformally coating them with a ~2.5 nm thick titanium disulfides, leading to impressive electrochemical performance.

TL;DR: In this paper, a novel humidity sensor featuring vertically oriented arrays of ReS2 nanosheets grown on an interdigitated gold electrode by chemical vapor deposition is presented, and the authors find that the resistance of the reS2 film decreases sensitively with increasing relative humidity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported tens of microns-sized ultrathin single crystal SnS2 flakes grown on amorphous substrates using a simple one-step thermal coevaporation process.