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Heterojunctions in 2D semiconductors

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Three independent groups report the growth of two-dimensional heteromaterials with seamless vertical or lateral interfaces. The one-layer-thick transition metal dichalcogenides thus form heterojunctions with built-in device function.

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Figure 1: Schematic representation of heterojunctions between two different transition metal dichalcogenides, for example, between MoS2 and WS2.

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  1. Georg S. Duesberg is at the Centre for Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN) and the Advanced Materials BioEngineering Research Centre (AMBER), School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland,

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