Published May 2015 | Version v1
Journal article

Molecular-beam epitaxy of monolayer MoSe2: growth characteristics and domain boundary formation

  • 1. Physics Department, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong (China)
  • 2. Physics Department, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong (China)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Zhengzhou Normal University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450044 (China)

Description

Monolayer (ML) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are of great research interest due to their potential use in ultrathin electronic and optoelectronic applications. They show promise in new concept devices in spintronics and valleytronics. Here we present a growth study by molecular-beam epitaxy of ML and sub-ML MoSe2, an important member of TMDs, revealing its unique growth characteristics as well as the formation processes of domain boundary (DB) defects. A dramatic effect of growth temperature and post-growth annealing on DB formation is uncovered. (paper)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/5/053023

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
New Journal of Physics
Journal Volume
17
Journal Issue
5
Journal Page Range
[8 p.]
ISSN
1367-2630