Electrical properties of collapsed MoS$_2$ nanotubes

Malok, Matjaž (avtor), Jelenc, Janez (avtor), Remškar, Maja (avtor)

Molybdenum disulfide (MoS$_2$) is a promising material for future high-performance and ultra-low-power electronics. Growth from a vapor phase at chemical equilibrium enables the production of crystals possessing a relatively low density of structural defects. Besides thin MoS$_2$ flakes, MoS$_2$ nanotubes (NTs) and collapsed NTs in the shape of nanoribbons (NRs) are also synthesized in the same growth process. Here, we present the first study on the structural and electrical properties of the NRs. High resolution electron microscopy revealed a chiral structure of the NRs with no peculiarities at the inner interface where both walls are in contact. In contrast, resonant Raman spectroscopy revealed the presence of bands typical of a few layers thick MoS$_2$, suggesting that some of the layers of the NR are partially split. Contact current imaging spectroscopy (CCIS) revealed longitudinal wrinkles on the NR surface, with elevated regions found to be more conductive than the depressed areas. The edges of the NR, where molecular layers are strongly curved but not broken, exhibit varying conductivity. While some parts exhibit zero conductivity, others show much higher conductivity than the central part of the NR, suggesting an electron confinement effect. Charge injections strongly altered the NR’s work function and induced changes in the NR’s topography. The surface wrinkling was intensified, and the NR tended to rotate around its longitudinal axis. This rotation is explained as the reverse piezoelectric effect.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: quantum electronics, superconductivity, nanomaterials
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FMF - Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: Str. 12361–12370
• Številčenje: Vol. 17, iss. 19
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-178393
• UDK: 539
• ISSN pri članku: 2040-3364
• DOI: 10.1039/D5NR00284B
• COBISS.SI-ID: 236103427
• Datum objave v RUL: 26.01.2026

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Nanoscale
• Skrajšan naslov: Nanoscale
• Založnik: RSC Publishing
• ISSN: 2040-3364
• COBISS.SI-ID: 23642407

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• Licenca: CC BY-NC 3.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno 3.0 Nedoločena
• Povezava: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/deed.sl
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Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: kvantna elektronika, superprevodnost, nanomateriali

Projekti

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: P1-0099
• Naslov: Fizika mehkih snovi, površin in nanostruktur

• Financer: ARIS - Javna agencija za znanstvenoraziskovalno in inovacijsko dejavnost Republike Slovenije
• Številka projekta: PR-11224