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January 06, 2014

Exfoliation method paves way for 2D materials to be used in printable photonics and electronics
Singapore (SPX) Jan 06, 2014
A team of scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has successfully developed a method to chemically exfoliate molybdenum disulfide crystals, a class of chalcogenide compounds, into high quality monolayer flakes, with higher yield and larger flake size than current methods. The exfoliated flakes can be made into a printable solution, which can be applied in printable photonics and electronics. This breakthrough, led by Professor Loh Kian Ping, who heads the Department of Chemistr ... read more

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