Recent advances in controlled synthesis of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides via vapour deposition techniques

Single-layer MoS2 transistors

Radisavljevic, B., Rađenović, A., Brivio, J., Giacometti, V., & Kis, A. (2011) · Nature Nanotechnology · doi:10.1038/nnano.2010.279 · Cited by 15,043

The chemistry of two-dimensional layered transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets

Chhowalla, M., Shin, H. S., Eda, G., Li, L.-J., Loh, K. P., & Zhang, H. (2013) · Nature Chemistry · doi:10.1038/nchem.1589 · Cited by 10,034

Ultrasensitive photodetectors based on monolayer MoS2

Lopez-Sanchez, O., Lembke, D., Kayci, M., Rađenović, A., & Kis, A. (2013) · Nature Nanotechnology · doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.100 · Cited by 5,069

Photoluminescence from Chemically Exfoliated MoS 2

Eda, G., Yamaguchi, H., Voiry, D., Fujita, T., Chen, M., & Chhowalla, M. (2011) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl201874w · Cited by 3,896

Valley polarization in MoS2 monolayers by optical pumping

Zeng, H., Dai, J., Yao, W., Xiao, D., & Cui, X. (2012) · Nature Nanotechnology · doi:10.1038/nnano.2012.95 · Cited by 3,705

Single-Layer MoS 2 Phototransistors

Yin, Z., Li, H., Li, H., Jiang, L., Shi, Y., Sun, Y., Lü, G., Zhang, Q., Chen, X., & Zhang, H. (2011) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn2024557 · Cited by 3,536

Synthesis of Large‐Area MoS2 Atomic Layers with Chemical Vapor Deposition

Lee, Y., Zhang, X., Zhang, W., Chang, M., Lin, C., Chang, K., Yu, Y., Wang, J. T., Chang, C., Li, L., et al. (2012) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201104798 · Cited by 3,422

Stretching and Breaking of Ultrathin MoS 2

Bertolazzi, S., Brivio, J., & Kis, A. (2011) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn203879f · Cited by 2,712

Bandgap Engineering of Strained Monolayer and Bilayer MoS 2

Conley, H. J., Wang, B., Ziegler, J. I., Haglund, R. F., Pantelides, S. T., & Bolotin, K. I. (2013) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl4014748 · Cited by 2,539

Synthesis of MoS 2 and MoSe 2 Films with Vertically Aligned Layers

Kong, D., Wang, H., Cha, J. J., Pasta, M., Koski, K. J., Yao, J., & Cui, Y. (2013) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl400258t · Cited by 2,250

Conducting MoS 2 Nanosheets as Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction

Voiry, D., Salehi, M., Silva, R., Fujita, T., Chen, M., Asefa, T., Shenoy, V. B., Eda, G., & Chhowalla, M. (2013) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl403661s · Cited by 2,203

Grains and grain boundaries in highly crystalline monolayer molybdenum disulphide

van der Zande, A. M., Huang, P. Y., Chenet, D., Berkelbach, T. C., You, Y., Lee, G., Heinz, T. F., Reichman, D. R., Muller, D. A., & Hone, J. (2013) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat3633 · Cited by 2,182

Metal dichalcogenide nanosheets: preparation, properties and applications

Huang, X., Zeng, Z., & Zhang, H. (2013) · Chemical Society Reviews · doi:10.1039/c2cs35387c · Cited by 2,030

Growth of Large-Area and Highly Crystalline MoS 2 Thin Layers on Insulating Substrates

Liu, K.-K., Zhang, W., Lee, Y., Lin, Y.-C., Chang, M.-T., Su, C., Chang, C.-S., Li, H., Shi, Y., Zhang, H., et al. (2012) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl2043612 · Cited by 1,997

Vapour phase growth and grain boundary structure of molybdenum disulphide atomic layers

Najmaei, S., Liu, Z., Zhou, W., Zou, X., Shi, G., Lei, S., Yakobson, B. I., Idrobo, J. C., Ajayan, P. M., & Lou, J. (2013) · Nature Materials · doi:10.1038/nmat3673 · Cited by 1,856

Integrated Circuits Based on Bilayer MoS 2 Transistors

Wang, H., Yu, L., Lee, Y., Shi, Y., Hsu, A. L., Chin, M. L., Li, L., Dubey, M., Kong, J., & Palacios, T. (2012) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl302015v · Cited by 1,751

Large‐Area Vapor‐Phase Growth and Characterization of MoS2 Atomic Layers on a SiO2 Substrate

Zhan, Y., Liu, Z., Najmaei, S., Ajayan, P. M., & Lou, J. (2012) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.201102654 · Cited by 1,740

Preparation and Applications of Mechanically Exfoliated Single-Layer and Multilayer MoS 2 and WSe 2 Nanosheets

Li, H., Wu, J., Yin, Z., & Zhang, H. (2014) · Accounts of Chemical Research · doi:10.1021/ar4002312 · Cited by 1,686

Extraordinary Room-Temperature Photoluminescence in Triangular WS2 Monolayers

Gutiérrez, H. R., Perea‐López, N., Elías, A. L., Berkdemir, A., Wang, B., Lv, R., Lopéz‐Urías, F., Crespi, V. H., Terrones, H., & Terrones, M. (2012) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl3026357 · Cited by 1,610

Fabrication of Single‐ and Multilayer MoS 2 Film‐Based Field‐Effect Transistors for Sensing NO at Room Temperature

Li, H., Yin, Z., He, Q., Li, H., Huang, X. B., Lü, G., Fam, D. W. H., Tok, A. I. Y., Zhang, Q., & Zhang, H. (2011) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.201101016 · Cited by 1,537

Graphene–MoS2 hybrid structures for multifunctional photoresponsive memory devices

Roy, K., Padmanabhan, M., Goswami, S., Sai, T. P., Ramalingam, G., Raghavan, S., & Ghosh, A. (2013) · Nature Nanotechnology · doi:10.1038/nnano.2013.206 · Cited by 1,436

Local Strain Engineering in Atomically Thin MoS 2

Castellanos-Gómez, A., Roldán, R., Cappelluti, E., Buscema, M., Guinea, F., van der Zant, H. S. J., & Steele, G. A. (2013) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl402875m · Cited by 1,331

Chemical Vapor Sensing with Monolayer MoS 2

Perkins, F. K., Friedman, A. L., Cobas, E. D., Campbell, P. M., Jernigan, G. G., & Jonker, B. T. (2013) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl3043079 · Cited by 1,142

Flexible and Transparent MoS 2 Field-Effect Transistors on Hexagonal Boron Nitride-Graphene Heterostructures

Lee, G., Yu, Y., Cui, X., Petrone, N., Lee, C., Choi, M. S., Lee, D.-Y., Lee, C., Yoo, W. J., Watanabe, K., et al. (2013) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn402954e · Cited by 1,106

Large-Area Synthesis of Highly Crystalline WSe 2 Monolayers and Device Applications

Huang, J., Pu, J., Hsu, C.-L., Chiu, M., Juang, Z., Chang, Y., Chang, W., Iwasa, Y., Takenobu, T., & Li, L. (2013) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn405719x · Cited by 1,069

Nonvolatile Memory Cells Based on MoS2/Graphene Heterostructures

Bertolazzi, S., Krasnozhon, D., & Kis, A. (2013) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn3059136 · Cited by 1,050

High‐Gain Phototransistors Based on a CVD MoS 2 Monolayer

Zhang, W., Huang, J., Chen, C., Chang, Y., Cheng, Y., & Li, L. (2013) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201301244 · Cited by 1,025

van der Waals Epitaxy of MoS 2 Layers Using Graphene As Growth Templates

Shi, Y., Zhou, W., Lu, A., Fang, W., Lee, Y., Hsu, A. L., Kim, S. M., Kim, K. K., Yang, H. Y., Li, L., et al. (2012) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl204562j · Cited by 993

Ultrahigh-Gain Photodetectors Based on Atomically Thin Graphene-MoS2 Heterostructures

Zhang, W., Chuu, C., Huang, J., Chen, C., Tsai, M., Chang, Y., Liang, C., Chen, Y., Chueh, Y., He, J., et al. (2014) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep03826 · Cited by 915

Controlled Scalable Synthesis of Uniform, High-Quality Monolayer and Few-layer MoS2 Films

Yu, Y., Li, C., Liu, Y., Su, L., Zhang, Y., & Cao, L. (2013) · Scientific Reports · doi:10.1038/srep01866 · Cited by 882

Highly Flexible MoS2 Thin-Film Transistors with Ion Gel Dielectrics

Pu, J., Yomogida, Y., Liu, K., Li, L., Iwasa, Y., & Takenobu, T. (2012) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl301335q · Cited by 824

Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth of Crystalline Monolayer MoSe2

Wang, X., Gong, Y., Shi, G., Chow, W. L., Keyshar, K., Ye, G., Vajtai, R., Lou, J., Liu, Z., Ringe, E., et al. (2014) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn501175k · Cited by 820

Tuning Interlayer Coupling in Large-Area Heterostructures with CVD-Grown MoS 2 and WS 2 Monolayers

Tongay, S., Fan, W. J., Kang, J. Y., Park, J., Koldemir, Ü., Suh, J., Narang, D. S., Liu, K., Ji, J., Li, J., et al. (2014) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl500515q · Cited by 809

Controlled Growth of High-Quality Monolayer WS 2 Layers on Sapphire and Imaging Its Grain Boundary

Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Ji, Q., Ju, J., Yuan, H., Shi, J., Gao, T., Ma, D., Liu, M., Chen, Y., et al. (2013) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn403454e · Cited by 806

Controlled charge trapping by molybdenum disulphide and graphene in ultrathin heterostructured memory devices

Choi, M. S., Lee, G., Yu, Y., Lee, D.-Y., Lee, S. H., Kim, P., Hone, J., & Yoo, W. J. (2013) · Nature Communications · doi:10.1038/ncomms2652 · Cited by 771

Controlled Synthesis of Highly Crystalline MoS 2 Flakes by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Wang, X., Feng, H., Wu, Y., & Jiao, L. (2013) · Journal of the American Chemical Society · doi:10.1021/ja4013485 · Cited by 748

Highly Efficient Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production by MoS x Grown on Graphene‐Protected 3D Ni Foams

Chang, Y., Lin, C., Chen, T., Hsu, C., Lee, Y., Zhang, W., Wei, K., & Li, L. (2013) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201202920 · Cited by 744

Wafer-scale MoS2 thin layers prepared by MoO3 sulfurization

Lin, Y., Zhang, W., Huang, J., Liu, K., Lee, Y., Liang, C., Chu, C., & Li, L. (2012) · Nanoscale · doi:10.1039/c2nr31833d · Cited by 707

Role of the Seeding Promoter in MoS 2 Growth by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Ling, X., Lee, Y., Lin, Y. C., Fang, W., Yu, L., Dresselhaus, M. S., & Kong, J. (2014) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl4033704 · Cited by 706

Synthesis and Transfer of Single-Layer Transition Metal Disulfides on Diverse Surfaces

Lee, Y., Yu, L., Wang, H., Fang, W., Ling, X., Shi, Y., Lin, C., Huang, J., Chang, M.-T., Chang, C.-S., et al. (2013) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl400687n · Cited by 666

Exceptional Tunability of Band Energy in a Compressively Strained Trilayer MoS2 Sheet

Hui, Y. Y., Liu, X., Jie, W., Chan, N. Y., Hao, J., Hsu, Y., Li, L., Guo, W., & Lau, S. P. (2013) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn4024834 · Cited by 654

Graphene/MoS 2 Hybrid Technology for Large-Scale Two-Dimensional Electronics

Yu, L., Lee, Y., Ling, X., Santos, E. J. G., Shin, Y. C., Lin, Y. C., Dubey, M., Kaxiras, E., Kong, J., Wang, H., et al. (2014) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl404795z · Cited by 641

Tunable Band Gap Photoluminescence from Atomically Thin Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Alloys

Chen, Y., Xi, J., Dumcenco, D., Liu, Z. P., Suenaga, K., Wang, D., Shuai, Z., Huang, Y., & Xie, L. (2013) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn401420h · Cited by 640

Synthesis and Optical Properties of Large‐Area Single‐Crystalline 2D Semiconductor WS2 Monolayer from Chemical Vapor Deposition

Cong, C., Shang, J., Wu, X., Cao, B., Peimyoo, N., Qiu, C., Sun, L., & Yu, T. (2013) · Advanced Optical Materials · doi:10.1002/adom.201300428 · Cited by 619

Controlled Synthesis and Transfer of Large-Area WS2 Sheets: From Single Layer to Few Layers

Elías, A. L., Perea‐López, N., Castro-Beltrán, A., Berkdemir, A., Lv, R., Feng, S., Long, A. D., Hayashi, T., Kim, Y. A., Endo, M., et al. (2013) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn400971k · Cited by 618

An Effective Method for the Fabrication of Few‐Layer‐Thick Inorganic Nanosheets

Zeng, Z., Sun, T., Zhu, J., Huang, X. B., Yin, Z., Lü, G., Fan, Z., Yan, Q., Hng, H. H., & Zhang, H. (2012) · Angewandte Chemie International Edition · doi:10.1002/anie.201204208 · Cited by 601

Epitaxial Monolayer MoS 2 on Mica with Novel Photoluminescence

Ji, Q., Zhang, Y., Gao, T., Zhang, Y., Ma, D., Liu, M., Chen, Y., Qiao, X., Tan, P., Kan, M., et al. (2013) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl401938t · Cited by 592

Preparation of High Concentration Dispersions of Exfoliated MoS2 with Increased Flake Size

O’Neill, A., Khan, U., & Coleman, J. N. (2012) · Chemistry of Materials · doi:10.1021/cm301515z · Cited by 572

Band Gap Engineering and Layer-by-Layer Mapping of Selenium-Doped Molybdenum Disulfide

Gong, Y., Liu, Z., Lupini, A. R., Shi, G., Lin, J., Najmaei, S., Lin, Z., Elías, A. L., Berkdemir, A., You, G., et al. (2013) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl4032296 · Cited by 532

Lattice vibrational modes and phonon thermal conductivity of monolayer MoS 2

Cai, Y., Lan, J., Zhang, G., & Zhang, Y. (2014) · Physical Review B · doi:10.1103/physrevb.89.035438 · Cited by 507

Many-Body Effects in Valleytronics: Direct Measurement of Valley Lifetimes in Single-Layer MoS 2

Mai, C., Barrette, A., Yu, Y., Semenov, Y. G., Kim, K. W., Cao, L., & Gündoğdu, K. (2013) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl403742j · Cited by 503

Transport Properties of Monolayer MoS2 Grown by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Schmidt, H., Wang, S., Chu, L., Toh, M., Kumar, R., Zhao, W., Neto, A. H. C., Martin, J., Adam, S., Özyilmaz, B., et al. (2014) · Nano Letters · doi:10.1021/nl4046922 · Cited by 490

Vapor–Solid Growth of High Optical Quality MoS2 Monolayers with Near-Unity Valley Polarization

Wu, S., Huang, C.-M., Aivazian, G., Ross, J., Cobden, D. H., & Xu, X. (2013) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn4002038 · Cited by 434

Growth of Large‐Area 2D MoS 2(1‐ x ) Se 2 x Semiconductor Alloys

Feng, Q., Zhu, Y., Hong, J., Zhang, M., Duan, W., Mao, N., Wu, J., Xu, H., Dong, F., Lin, F., et al. (2014) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201306095 · Cited by 412

2‐Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides with Tunable Direct Band Gaps: MoS 2(1–x) Se 2x Monolayers

Mann, J., Ma, Q., Odenthal, P., Isarraraz, M., Le, D., Preciado, E., Barroso, D., Yamaguchi, K., von Son, G., Nguyen, A., et al. (2013) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201304389 · Cited by 390

Chemical vapor deposition growth of monolayer MoSe2 nanosheets

Shaw, J. C., Zhou, H., Chen, Y., Weiss, N. O., Liu, Y., Huang, Y., & Duan, X. (2014) · Nano Research · doi:10.1007/s12274-014-0417-z · Cited by 390

Layer-Controlled, Wafer-Scale, and Conformal Synthesis of Tungsten Disulfide Nanosheets Using Atomic Layer Deposition

Song, J.-G., Park, J., Lee, W., Choi, T., Jung, H., Lee, C. W., Hwang, S.-H., Myoung, J.-M., Jung, J.-H., Kim, S., et al. (2013) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn405194e · Cited by 376

Graphene/MoS2 Heterostructures for Ultrasensitive Detection of DNA Hybridisation

Loan, P. T. K., Zhang, W., Lin, C., Wei, K., Li, L., & Chen, C. (2014) · Advanced Materials · doi:10.1002/adma.201401084 · Cited by 321

Evaluating the performance of nanostructured materials as lithium-ion battery electrodes

Armstrong, M. J., O’Dwyer, C., Macklin, W. J., & Holmes, J. D. (2013) · Nano Research · doi:10.1007/s12274-013-0375-x · Cited by 284

Direct Synthesis of van der Waals Solids

Lin, Y., Lü, N., Perea‐López, N., Li, J., Lin, Z., Peng, X., Lee, C. H., Sun, C., Calderín, L., Browning, P. N., et al. (2014) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn5003858 · Cited by 276

Two-Dimensional Molybdenum Tungsten Diselenide Alloys: Photoluminescence, Raman Scattering, and Electrical Transport

Zhang, M., Wu, J., Zhu, Y., Dumcenco, D., Hong, J., Mao, N., Deng, S., Chen, Y., Yang, Y., Jin, C., et al. (2014) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/nn5020566 · Cited by 252

Band Gap‐Tunable Molybdenum Sulfide Selenide Monolayer Alloy

Su, S., Hsu, Y., Chang, Y., Chiu, M., Hsu, C., Hsu, W., Chang, W., He, J., & Li, L. (2014) · Small · doi:10.1002/smll.201302893 · Cited by 129

Controllable Synthesis of Band-Gap-Tunable and Monolayer Transition-Metal Dichalcogenide Alloys

Su, S., Hsu, W., Hsu, C.-L., Chen, C., Chiu, M., Lin, Y., Chang, W., Suenaga, K., He, J., & Li, L. (2014) · Frontiers in Energy Research · doi:10.3389/fenrg.2014.00027 · Cited by 107

Fabrication of stretchable MoS2 thin-film transistors using elastic ion-gel gate dielectrics

Pu, J., Zhang, Y., Wada, Y., Wang, J. T., Li, L., Iwasa, Y., & Takenobu, T. (2013) · Applied Physics Letters · doi:10.1063/1.4813311 · Cited by 105

Raman study of 2H-Mo1−xWxS2 layered mixed crystals

Dumcenco, D., Chen, K.-Y., Wang, Y. P., Huang, Y. S., & Tiong, K. K. (2010) · Journal of Alloys and Compounds · doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.07.120 · Cited by 104

Hall effect measurements of Mo1?xW x Se2 (0 ? x ? 1) dichalcogenide single crystals

Yousefi, G. H., & Agarwal, M. (1993) · Journal of Materials Science Letters · doi:10.1007/bf00517593 · Cited by 4

Recent Advances in Ultrathin Two-Dimensional Nanomaterials

Tan, C., Cao, X., Wu, X., He, Q., Yang, J., Zhang, X., Chen, J., Zhao, W., Han, S., Nam, G., et al. (2017) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.6b00558 · Cited by 5,132

Recent development of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides and their applications

Choi, W., Choudhary, N., Han, G., Park, J., Akinwande, D., & Lee, Y. H. (2017) · Materials Today · doi:10.1016/j.mattod.2016.10.002 · Cited by 2,793

Recent Advances in Two-Dimensional Materials beyond Graphene

Bhimanapati, G. R., Lin, Z., Meunier, V., Jung, Y., Cha, J. J., Das, S., Xiao, D., Son, Y., Strano, M. S., Cooper, V. R., et al. (2015) · ACS Nano · doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b05556 · Cited by 2,668

Janus monolayers of transition metal dichalcogenides

Lu, A., Zhu, H., Xiao, J., Chuu, C., Han, Y., Chiu, M., Cheng, C.-C., Yang, C., Wei, K., Yang, Y., et al. (2017) · Nature Nanotechnology · doi:10.1038/nnano.2017.100 · Cited by 2,489

Chemical Vapor Deposition Growth and Applications of Two-Dimensional Materials and Their Heterostructures

Cai, Z., Liu, B., Zou, X., & Cheng, H. (2018) · Chemical Reviews · doi:10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00536 · Cited by 1,527

A review on recent advances of chemical vapor deposition technique for monolayer transition metal dichalcogenides (MX2: Mo, W; S, Se, Te)

Aras, F. G., Yilmaz, A., Tasdelen, H. G., Özden, A., Ay, F., Perkgöz, N. K., & Yeltik, A. (2022) · Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing · doi:10.1016/j.mssp.2022.106829 · Cited by 67

Chemical vapor deposition of high-quality monolayer transition metal disulfides

Shen, P., & Kong, J. (2017) · Berkeley Symposium on Energy Efficient Electronic Systems & Steep Transistors Workshop (E3S) · doi:10.1109/e3s.2017.8246189

Synthesis and Characterization of Two-Dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides, Alloys, and Heterojunctions Over Various Substrates via Chemical Vapor Deposition

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Progress in the chemical vapor deposition of 2D transition metal dichalcogenides: toward structural and morphological engineering

Paidi, H. K., Varghese, L., Shruthi, S., & Babu, D. J. (2025) · Journal of Physics D Applied Physics · doi:10.1088/1361-6463/ae0a5e · Cited by 2

Synthesis of Two-dimensional Transition Metal Dichalcogenides with Chemical Vapor Deposition

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