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NANO LETTERS
Volume 13, Issue 2, Pages 668-673Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nl3043079
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Chemical sensor; MoS2; molybdenum disulfide; two-dimensional materials; vapor sensing
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- core programs at NRL
- NRL Karles Fellow program
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Two-dimensional materials such as graphene show great potential for future nanoscale electronic devices. The high surface-to-volume ratio is a natural asset for applications such as chemical sensing, where perturbations to the surface resulting in charge redistribution are readily manifested in the transport characteristics. Here we show that single monolayer MoS2 functions effectively as a chemical sensor, exhibiting highly selective reactivity to a range of analytes and providing sensitive transduction of transient surface physisorption events to the conductance of the monolayer channel. We find strong response upon exposure to triethylamine, a decomposition product of the V-series nerve gas agents. We discuss these results in the context of analyte/sensor interaction in which the analyte serves as either an electron donor or acceptor, producing a temporary charge perturbation of the sensor material. We find highly selective response to electron donors and little response to electron acceptors, consistent with the weak n-type character of our MoS2. The MoS2 sensor exhibits a much higher selectivity than carbon nanotube-based sensors.
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