Terahertz Spectroscopy of Amorphous WSe2 and MoSe2 Thin Films
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Thin-Film Fabrication and Characterization
2.1. TMD Deposition, and Morphological and Compositional Analysis
2.2. Experimental Techniques
3. Theoretical Background
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Sample | |||||
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WSe2 | 850 | 16 | −0.22 | 3000 | 1200 |
MoSe2 | 270 | 9.5 | −0.35 | 444 | 1220 |
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Papari, G.; Koral, C.; Hallam, T.; Duesberg, G.S.; Andreone, A. Terahertz Spectroscopy of Amorphous WSe2 and MoSe2 Thin Films. Materials 2018, 11, 1613. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11091613
Papari G, Koral C, Hallam T, Duesberg GS, Andreone A. Terahertz Spectroscopy of Amorphous WSe2 and MoSe2 Thin Films. Materials. 2018; 11(9):1613. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11091613
Chicago/Turabian StylePapari, Gianpaolo, Can Koral, Toby Hallam, Georg Stefan Duesberg, and Antonello Andreone. 2018. "Terahertz Spectroscopy of Amorphous WSe2 and MoSe2 Thin Films" Materials 11, no. 9: 1613. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11091613