Synthesis of few layered transition metal dichalcogenides by ion implantation (SIMPLANT). KU Leuven
The SIMPLANT proposal addresses point 1 of the topic descriptions of the Graphene JTC areas, namely, "Synthesis and characterization of Layered Materials (LMs) beyond graphene". We propose a novel, large-scale method, based on ion implantation, for the controlled synthesis of few-layer transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) of general formula MX2, where M is the transition metal and X the chalcogen element. Ion implantation is a highly ...