Growth of aligned Mo$_6$S$_6$ nanowires on a Cu(111)

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Abstract

We report the possibility of using the Cu(111) surface for growing molybdenum sulfide nanowire (Mo$_{6}$S$_{6})$ based on density functional theory and scanning tunneling microscopy investigations [1]. A small lattice mismatch between the nanowires and strong substrate interactions lead to epitaxial growth of the nanowires at alignment with the substrate crystallographic axes and at a preferred inter-wire separation.\\[4pt] [1] Duy Le, Dezheng Sun, Wenhao Lu, Maral Aminpour, Chen Wang, Quan Ma, Talat S. Rahman, Ludwig Bartels

*This work was supported in part by DOE grant DE-FG02-07ER15842.

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Authors

  • Maral Aminpour

    • University of Central Florida, Department of Physics, Orlando FL 32816-2385, USA

  • Duy Le

    • University of Central Florida, Department of Physics, Orlando FL 32816-2385, USA

  • Dezheng Sun

    • Pierce Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA; Department of Physics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA

  • Wenhao Lu

    • Pierce Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA

  • Chen Wang

    • Pierce Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA

  • Quan Ma

    • Pierce Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA

  • Ludwig Bartels

    • Pierce Hall, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA

  • Talat S. Rahman

    • University of Central Florida, Department of Physics, Orlando FL 32816-2385, USA
    • University of Central Florida