title: Toward the growth of an aligned single-layer MoS2 film.
abstract: Molybdenum disulfide (molybdenite) monolayer islands and flakes have been grown on a copper surface at comparatively low temperature and mild conditions through sulfur loading of the substrate using thiophenol (benzenethiol) followed by the evaporation of Mo atoms and annealing. The MoS(2) islands show a regular Moiré pattern in scanning tunneling microscopy, attesting to their atomic ordering and high quality. They are all aligned with the substrate high-symmetry directions providing for rotational-domain-free monolayer growth.
authors.affiliation: Pierce Hall, University of California-Riverside, Riverside, California 92521, USA.
authors.forename: Daeho
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Dezheng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Wenhao
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Zhihai
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Yeming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Duy
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Le
authors.forename: Talat S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Rahman
authors.forename: Ludwig
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bartels