Straining a Monolayer Lattice (IMAGE)

Stanford University School of Engineering

Straining a Monolayer Lattice

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Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2) is the semiconductor material no one's ever heard of until recently. This graphic shows how a layer of MoS2 just three-atoms-thick stretches over the nanoscopic hills and valleys of this electronic device like a wet t-shirts clings to skin. Stretching this semiconductor material creates unique electronic properties geared toward solar power.

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Hong Li, Stanford Engineering

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