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ReviewAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2021

Controllable Thin-Film Approaches for Doping and Alloying Transition Metal Dichalcogenides Monolayers.

Yu-Chuan Lin, Riccardo Torsi, David B Geohegan, Joshua A Robinson, Kai Xiao

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Review in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Yu-Chuan LinDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA 16802 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4958-5073
Riccardo TorsiDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA 16802 USA.
David B GeoheganCenter for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0273-3139
Joshua A RobinsonDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering The Pennsylvania State University University Park PA 16802 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1513-7187
Kai XiaoCenter for Nanophase Materials Sciences Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge TN 37831 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0402-8276

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exhibit exciting properties and versatile material chemistry that are promising for device miniaturization, energy, quantum information science, and optoelectronics. Their outstanding structural stability permits the introduction of various foreign dopants that can modulate their optical and electronic properties and induce phase transitions, thereby adding new functionalities such as magnetism, ferroelectricity, and quantum states. To accelerate their technological readiness, it is essential to develop controllable synthesis and processing techniques to precisely engineer the compositions and phases of 2D TMDs. While most reviews emphasize properties and applications of doped TMDs, here, recent progress on thin-film synthesis and processing techniques that show excellent controllability for substitutional doping of 2D TMDs are reported. These techniques are categorized into bottom-up methods that grow doped samples on substrates directly and top-down methods that use energetic sources to implant dopants into existing 2D crystals. The doped and alloyed variants from Group VI TMDs will be at the center of technical discussions, as they are expected to play essential roles in next-generation optoelectronic applications. Theoretical backgrounds based on first principles calculations will precede the technical discussions to help the reader understand each element's likelihood of substitutional doping and the expected impact on the material properties.

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2D materialsalloydopingimplantationlaserthin‐film techniquestransition metal dichalcogenides

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PMID33977064
PMCPMC8097379

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