10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
▲ [19a-S221-2] Application of Layered Chalcogenide Materials to Atomic Layer Electronics
Keywords:transition metal dichalcogenide,layered material
Since the discovery of a processing method for graphene, other two-dimensional (2D) materials have received intense research interest. Among the 2D materials, transition-metal dichalcogenides (MX2s) are an interesting group of materials with a wide range of electronic properties that includes semiconductors, semimetals, metals, and superconductors. Among the MX2 compounds, most of the group 6 transition-metal (Mo, W) dichalcogenides have a band gap. The existence of a band gap in 2D MX2, in contrast to zero-gap graphene, allows the fabrication of a field-effect transistor (FET) equipped with a large on-off ratio, which is indispensable for the low-power operation of electronic circuits. At the symposium, I will introduce basic properties of MX2, experimental techniques required for the chemical vapor transport growth of MX2 single crystals, and some results of characterizing thin film FETs fabricated from single crystals of MoS2, 2H-MoTe2 and WSe2.