A Single-Step Route to Single-Crystal Molybdenum Disulphide (MoS2) Monolayer domains

Sci Rep. 2019 Mar 11;9(1):4142. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-40893-z.

Abstract

We report a simple, single-cycle synthetic method for forming highly-crystalline, micron-sized monolayer domains of phase-pure MoS2. This method combines liquid chemistry with discrete, layer-by-layer deposition from a novel Mo precursor. Single-crystalline MoS2 with domain sizes up to 100 μm have been obtained and characterised by optical and electron microscopy as well as Raman and photoluminescence spectroscopy.