Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Grain-boundary-rich polycrystalline monolayer WS2 film for attomolar-level Hg2+ sensors

  • Lixuan Liu,
  • Kun Ye,
  • Changqing Lin,
  • Zhiyan Jia,
  • Tianyu Xue,
  • Anmin Nie,
  • Yingchun Cheng,
  • Jianyong Xiang,
  • Congpu Mu,
  • Bochong Wang,
  • Fusheng Wen,
  • Kun Zhai,
  • Zhisheng Zhao,
  • Yongji Gong,
  • Zhongyuan Liu,
  • Yongjun Tian

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24254-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Here, the authors report the controlled growth of polycrystalline WS2 films with high density of grain boundaries to realize surface plasmon Hg2+ ion sensors exhibiting attomolar sensitivity and enhanced selectivity.