Title

Growth of aligned Mo6S6 nanowires on Cu(111)

Authors

Authors

D. Le; D. Z. Sun; W. H. Lu; M. Aminpour; C. Wang; Q. Ma; T. S. Rahman;L. Bartels

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Phys. Rev. A

Keywords

Density functional calculations; Scanning tunneling microscopy; Molybdenum disulfide; Cu(111); Nanowires; VALLEY POLARIZATION; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; MONOLAYER MOS2; SULFUR; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; NANOPARTICLES; Chemistry, Physical; Physics, Condensed Matter

Abstract

Based on density functional theory (DFT) predictions and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) measurements we report the possibility of using the Cu(111) surface for growth of molybdenum sulfide nanowires (Mo6S6). Strong substrate interactions coupled with small lattice mismatch lead to epitaxial growth of the nanowires parallel to a set of substrate high symmetry directions. We observe a propensity for creation of aligned and equally spaced arrays of nanowires and use OFT to elucidate interaction strength both in the absence and presence of the substrate. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Surface Science

Volume

Surf. Sci.

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

1

Last Page

4

WOS Identifier

611

ISSN

0039-6028

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