Fig. 4

High-resolution analysis of electric field and total charge around a 1D line vacancy in WS2. a Atomic model of the W−W bonding region at WS2 line defects (scale bar indicates 0.1 nm and is applicable to panels (a–e)). b |E┴| map calculated using DFT and c experimental |E┴| map for WS2. d Total charge map for WS2 from the atomic model in panel (a), calculated from DFT. e Corresponding experimental total charge map. f Line profile taken along the white dotted line in d, from left to right, and g line profile taken along the white dotted line in e, from left to right