Direct TEM observations of growth mechanisms of two-dimensional MoS2 flakes

MoS2 nanostructures are potentially useful in electronic applications. Here, Fei et al. show using in situ electron microscopy that MoS2grows in a vertical manner at low temperature, then rotates to horizontal structures, and finally develops in size by merging adjacent flakes at high temperature.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Linfeng Fei, Shuijin Lei, Wei-Bing Zhang, Wei Lu, Ziyuan Lin, Chi Hang Lam, Yang Chai, Yu Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12206