Van der Waals Force Isolation of Monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub>.

Gurarslan, Alper; Jiao, Shuping; Li, Tai-De; Li, Guoqing; Yu, Yiling; Gao, Yang; Riedo, Elisa; Xu, Zhiping et al. · Adv Mater · 2016

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Monolayer MoS<sub>2</sub> can effectively screen the vdW interaction of underlying substrates with external systems by >90% because of the substantial increase in the separation between the substrate and external systems due to the presence of the monolayer. This substantial screening of vdW interactions by MoS<sub>2</sub> monolayer is different from what reported at graphene.