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Atomically thin MoS2: a new direct-gap semiconductor

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The electronic properties of ultrathin crystals of molybdenum disulfide consisting of N=1,2,…,6 S-Mo-S monolayers have been investigated by optical spectroscopy and the effect of quantum confinement on the material's electronic structure is traced.
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The electronic properties of ultrathin crystals of molybdenum disulfide consisting of N=1,2,…,6 S-Mo-S monolayers have been investigated by optical spectroscopy Through characterization by absorption, photoluminescence, and photoconductivity spectroscopy, we trace the effect of quantum confinement on the material's electronic structure With decreasing thickness, the indirect band gap, which lies below the direct gap in the bulk material, shifts upwards in energy by more than 06 eV This leads to a crossover to a direct-gap material in the limit of the single monolayer Unlike the bulk material, the MoS₂ monolayer emits light strongly The freestanding monolayer exhibits an increase in luminescence quantum efficiency by more than a factor of 10⁴ compared with the bulk material

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Charge trapping at the MoS2-SiO2 interface and its effects on the characteristics of MoS2 metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors

TL;DR: In this paper, the impact of the trapped charges on the carrier transport of MoS2-based metal-oxide-semiconductor FETs is evaluated. And the trapped charge density and time constant at different temperatures are extracted.
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Emergent phenomena and proximity effects in two-dimensional magnets and heterostructures.

TL;DR: This Review summarizes recent progress in exploring the intrinsic magnetism of atomically thin van der Waals materials, manipulation of their magnetism by tuning the interlayer coupling, and device structures for spin- and valleytronic applications.
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Evidence for Fast Interlayer Energy Transfer in MoSe2/WS2 Heterostructures.

TL;DR: An experimental observation of fast interlayer energy transfer (ET) in MoSe2/WS2 heterostructures using photoluminescence excitation (PLE) spectroscopy is reported and the temperature dependence of the transfer rates suggests that the ET is Förster-type involving excitons in the WS2 layer resonantly exciting higher-order excites in the MoSe 2 layer.
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High-Performance Molybdenum Disulfide Field-Effect Transistors with Spin Tunnel Contacts

TL;DR: This work investigates the field-effect transistor behavior of MoS2 with ferromagnetic contacts to explore its potential for spintronics and reveals that such integration of ferrom magnetic tunnel contacts opens up the possibilities for MoS1-based spintronic devices.
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TL;DR: This observation shows that quantum confinement in layered d-electron materials like MoS(2), a prototypical metal dichalcogenide, provides new opportunities for engineering the electronic structure of matter at the nanoscale.
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- 01 May 1969 - 
TL;DR: The transition metal dichalcogenides are about 60 in number as discussed by the authors, and two-thirds of these assume layer structures and can be cleaved down to less than 1000 A and are then transparent in the region of direct band-to-band transitions.
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