Twist Angle-Dependent Interlayer Exciton in MoS2 Bilayers Revealed by Room-Temperature Reflectance
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Method
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Xiong, L.; Tang, T.; Fan, X.; Liu, H.; Zhu, P.; Zhang, X.; Qiao, W.; Wang, Q.; Wang, Z.; Niu, B.; et al. Twist Angle-Dependent Interlayer Exciton in MoS2 Bilayers Revealed by Room-Temperature Reflectance. Crystals 2022, 12, 761. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12060761
Xiong L, Tang T, Fan X, Liu H, Zhu P, Zhang X, Qiao W, Wang Q, Wang Z, Niu B, et al. Twist Angle-Dependent Interlayer Exciton in MoS2 Bilayers Revealed by Room-Temperature Reflectance. Crystals. 2022; 12(6):761. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12060761
Chicago/Turabian StyleXiong, Lei, Tianhong Tang, Xiaoyue Fan, Haiyang Liu, Peng Zhu, Xiaolan Zhang, Wei Qiao, Qinsheng Wang, Zhiwei Wang, Binghui Niu, and et al. 2022. "Twist Angle-Dependent Interlayer Exciton in MoS2 Bilayers Revealed by Room-Temperature Reflectance" Crystals 12, no. 6: 761. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12060761