Nature Communications (Feb 2017)

Angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy reveals spin charge separation in metallic MoSe2 grain boundary

  • Yujing Ma,
  • Horacio Coy Diaz,
  • José Avila,
  • Chaoyu Chen,
  • Vijaysankar Kalappattil,
  • Raja Das,
  • Manh-Huong Phan,
  • Tilen Čadež,
  • José M. P. Carmelo,
  • Maria C. Asensio,
  • Matthias Batzill

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14231
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Line defects are 1D structures often embedded within 2D materials. Here, the authors use angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy to unveil the 1D nature of electron behaviour in such defects in atomically thin MoS2, providing evidence for spin- and charge-separation.