Engineering and modifying two-dimensional materials by electron beams

One-atom-thick 2D copper oxide clusters on graphene

(2017) Emi Kano et al.   Nanoscale

Manipulating low-dimensional materials down to the level of single atoms with electron irradiation

(2017) Toma Susi et al.   ULTRAMICROSCOPY

Engineering the Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides by Introducing Mirror Twin Boundaries

(2017) Hannu-Pekka Komsa et al.   Advanced Electronic Materials

Structural Flexibility and Alloying in Ultrathin Transition-Metal Chalcogenide Nanowires

(2016) Junhao Lin et al.   ACS Nano

Detailed Atomic Reconstruction of Extended Line Defects in Monolayer MoS2

(2016) Shanshan Wang et al.   ACS Nano

Dynamic Structural Evolution of Metal–Metal Bonding Network in Monolayer WS2

(2016) Kiran Kumar Amara et al.   CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS

Formation and Dynamics of Electron-Irradiation-Induced Defects in Hexagonal Boron Nitride at Elevated Temperatures

(2016) Thang Pham et al.   NANO LETTERS

Torsional Deformations in Subnanometer MoS Interconnecting Wires

(2016) Ai Leen Koh et al.   NANO LETTERS

Unexpected Huge Dimerization Ratio in One-Dimensional Carbon Atomic Chains

(2016) Yung-Chang Lin et al.   NANO LETTERS

Electron-Beam Induced Transformations of Layered Tin Dichalcogenides

(2016) E. Sutter et al.   NANO LETTERS

Phosphorene under electron beam: from monolayer to one-dimensional chains

(2016) Ville Vierimaa et al.   Nanoscale

Charge density wave order in 1D mirror twin boundaries of single-layer MoSe 2

(2016) Sara Barja et al.   Nature Physics

Temperature Dependence of the Reconstruction of Zigzag Edges in Graphene

(2015) Kuang He et al.   ACS Nano

Vacancy-Induced Formation and Growth of Inversion Domains in Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Monolayer

(2015) Junhao Lin et al.   ACS Nano

Atomic Scale Microstructure and Properties of Se-Deficient Two-Dimensional MoSe2

(2015) Ossi Lehtinen et al.   ACS Nano

Structural and Chemical Dynamics of Pyridinic-Nitrogen Defects in Graphene

(2015) Yung-Chang Lin et al.   NANO LETTERS

Li Intercalation in MoS2: In Situ Observation of Its Dynamics and Tuning Optical and Electrical Properties

(2015) Feng Xiong et al.   NANO LETTERS

Native defects in bulk and monolayerMoS2from first principles

(2015) Hannu-Pekka Komsa et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Three-fold rotational defects in two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides

(2015) Yung-Chang Lin et al.   Nature Communications

Exploring atomic defects in molybdenum disulphide monolayers

(2015) Jinhua Hong et al.   Nature Communications

Spatially Dependent Lattice Deformations for Dislocations at the Edges of Graphene

(2014) Chuncheng Gong et al.   ACS Nano

Electrical Transport Properties of Polycrystalline Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide

(2014) Sina Najmaei et al.   ACS Nano

Tin Disulfide—An Emerging Layered Metal Dichalcogenide Semiconductor: Materials Properties and Device Characteristics

(2014) Yuan Huang et al.   ACS Nano

Experimental Observation of Boron Nitride Chains

(2014) Ovidiu Cretu et al.   ACS Nano

Electrochemical Tuning of MoS2 Nanoparticles on Three-Dimensional Substrate for Efficient Hydrogen Evolution

(2014) Haotian Wang et al.   ACS Nano

3.88% Efficient Tin Sulfide Solar Cells using Congruent Thermal Evaporation

(2014) Vera Steinmann et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Properties of Individual Dopant Atoms in Single-Layer MoS2: Atomic Structure, Migration, and Enhanced Reactivity

(2014) Yung-Chang Lin et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Giving credit where credit is due: The Stone–(Thrower)–Wales designation revisited

(2014) Marc Monthioux et al.   CARBON

Atomic Mechanism of Dynamic Electrochemical Lithiation Processes of MoS2 Nanosheets

(2014) Lifen Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Implantation and Atomic-Scale Investigation of Self-Interstitials in Graphene

(2014) Ossi Lehtinen et al.   NANO LETTERS

Ultralow thermal conductivity and high thermoelectric figure of merit in SnSe crystals

(2014) Li-Dong Zhao et al.   NATURE

Phase-engineered low-resistance contacts for ultrathin MoS2 transistors

(2014) Rajesh Kappera et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Atomic mechanism of the semiconducting-to-metallic phase transition in single-layered MoS2

(2014) Yung-Chang Lin et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Flexible metallic nanowires with self-adaptive contacts to semiconducting transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers

(2014) Junhao Lin et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Black phosphorus field-effect transistors

(2014) Likai Li et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Atomic structure and energetics of large vacancies in graphene

(2014) J. Kotakoski et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Silicon–Carbon Bond Inversions Driven by 60-keV Electrons in Graphene

(2014) Toma Susi et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Free-Standing Single-Atom-Thick Iron Membranes Suspended in Graphene Pores

(2014) J. Zhao et al.   SCIENCE

Dislocation motion and grain boundary migration in two-dimensional tungsten disulphide

(2014) Amin Azizi et al.   Nature Communications

Structural Reconstruction of the Graphene Monovacancy

(2013) Alex W. Robertson et al.   ACS Nano

Intrinsic Magnetism of Grain Boundaries in Two-Dimensional Metal Dichalcogenides

(2013) Zhuhua Zhang et al.   ACS Nano

The pristine atomic structure of MoS2 monolayer protected from electron radiation damage by graphene

(2013) Gerardo Algara-Siller et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Joined edges in MoS2: metallic and half-metallic wires

(2013) Duy Le et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER

Enhanced Hydrogen Evolution Catalysis from Chemically Exfoliated Metallic MoS2 Nanosheets

(2013) Mark A. Lukowski et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Intrinsic Structural Defects in Monolayer Molybdenum Disulfide

(2013) Wu Zhou et al.   NANO LETTERS

Electrical Transport Measured in Atomic Carbon Chains

(2013) Ovidiu Cretu et al.   NANO LETTERS

High-performance top-gated monolayer SnS2 field-effect transistors and their integrated logic circuits

(2013) H. S. Song et al.   Nanoscale

The chemistry of two-dimensional layered transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets

(2013) Manish Chhowalla et al.   Nature Chemistry

Grains and grain boundaries in highly crystalline monolayer molybdenum disulphide

(2013) Arend M. van der Zande et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Vapour phase growth and grain boundary structure of molybdenum disulphide atomic layers

(2013) Sina Najmaei et al.   NATURE MATERIALS

Top–down fabrication of sub-nanometre semiconducting nanoribbons derived from molybdenum disulfide sheets

(2013) Xiaofei Liu et al.   Nature Communications

Direct Imaging of a Two-Dimensional Silica Glass on Graphene

(2012) Pinshane Y. Huang et al.   NANO LETTERS

Atom-by-Atom Observation of Grain Boundary Migration in Graphene

(2012) Simon Kurasch et al.   NANO LETTERS

Dislocation-Driven Deformations in Graphene

(2012) J. H. Warner et al.   SCIENCE

New Route for Stabilization of 1T-WS2 and MoS2 Phases

(2011) Andrey N. Enyashin et al.   Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Transformations of Carbon Adsorbates on Graphene Substrates under Extreme Heat

(2011) Benedikt Westenfelder et al.   NANO LETTERS

Grains and grain boundaries in single-layer graphene atomic patchwork quilts

(2011) Pinshane Y. Huang et al.   NATURE

Single-layer MoS2 transistors

(2011) B. Radisavljevic et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Vacancy growth and migration dynamics in atomically thin hexagonal boron nitride under electron beam irradiation

(2011) Nasim Alem et al.   Physica Status Solidi-Rapid Research Letters

Stone-Wales-type transformations in carbon nanostructures driven by electron irradiation

(2011) J. Kotakoski et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

From Point Defects in Graphene to Two-Dimensional Amorphous Carbon

(2011) J. Kotakoski et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Structural Defects in Graphene

(2010) Florian Banhart et al.   ACS Nano

Atom-by-atom structural and chemical analysis by annular dark-field electron microscopy

(2010) Ondrej L. Krivanek et al.   NATURE

Electron knock-on damage in hexagonal boron nitride monolayers

(2010) J. Kotakoski et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW B

Selective Sputtering and Atomic Resolution Imaging of Atomically Thin Boron Nitride Membranes

(2009) Jannik C. Meyer et al.   NANO LETTERS

Ultrafast graphene photodetector

(2009) Fengnian Xia et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Deriving Carbon Atomic Chains from Graphene

(2009) Chuanhong Jin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Fabrication of a Freestanding Boron Nitride Single Layer and Its Defect Assignments

(2009) Chuanhong Jin et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Direct Imaging of Lattice Atoms and Topological Defects in Graphene Membranes

(2008) Jannik C. Meyer et al.   NANO LETTERS