Université de Fribourg

Metallic contact between MoS2 and Ni via Au nanoglue

Shi, Xinying ; Posysaev, Sergei ; Huttula, Marko ; Pankratov, Vladimir ; Hoszowska, Joanna ; Dousse, Jean-Claude ; Zeeshan, Faisal ; Niu, Yuran ; Zakharov, Alexei ; Li, Taohai ; Miroshnichenko, Olga ; Zhang, Meng ; Wang, Xiao ; Huang, Zhongjia ; Saukko, Sami ; González, Diego López ; Dijken, Sebastiaan van ; Alatalo, Matti ; Cao, Wei

In: Small, 2018, vol. 14, no. 22, p. 1704526

A critical factor for electronics based on inorganic layered crystals stems from the electrical contact mode between the semiconducting crystals and the metal counterparts in the electric circuit. Here, a materials tailoring strategy via nanocomposite decoration is carried out to reach metallic contact between MoS2 matrix and transition metal nanoparticles. Nickel nanoparticles (NiNPs) are ...