Visualization and quantification of transition metal atomic mixing in Mo1−xWxS2 single layers

Dumitru O Dumcenco, Haruka Kobayashi, Zheng Liu, Ying-Sheng Huang and Kazu Suenaga ()
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Dumitru O Dumcenco: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Haruka Kobayashi: Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5
Zheng Liu: Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5
Ying-Sheng Huang: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
Kazu Suenaga: Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Science and Technology (AIST), Central 5

Nature Communications, 2013, vol. 4, issue 1, 1-5

Abstract: Abstract The alloying behaviour of materials is a well-known problem in all kinds of compounds. Revealing the heteroatomic distributions in two-dimensional crystals is particularly critical for their practical use as nano-devices. Here we obtain statistics of the homo- and heteroatomic coordinates in single-layered Mo1−xWxS2 from the atomically resolved scanning transmission electron microscope images and successfully quantify the degree of alloying for the transition metal elements (Mo or W). The results reveal the random alloying of this mixed dichalcogenide system throughout the chemical compositions (x=0 to 1). Such a direct route to gain an insight into the alloying degree on individual atom basis will find broad applications in characterizing low-dimensional heterocompounds and become an important complement to the existing theoretical methods.

Date: 2013
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