Table 1 Structural parameters and effective 2D elastic, piezoelectric and static dielectric properties of single-layer hexagonal MoS2 and WS2 from self-consistent DFT calculations (relaxed-ion approximation).

From: One-dimensional electron gas in strained lateral heterostructures of single layer materials

Parameter

Units

MoS2

WS2

Calculated

Other sources

Calculated

Other sources

a 0

Ã…

3.185

3.16a, 3.19b

3.188

3.15a, 3.19b

C 11

N/m

133

130b

146

144b

C 12

N/m

33

32b

32

31b

e 11

pC/m

359

290 ± 50c, 364b

249

247b

x 11

F

7.4·10−20

7.5·10−20,d

7.0 × 10−20

7.0 × 10−20,e

  1. (1) Experimental36.
  2. (2) Calculated with DFT/GGA10.
  3. (3) Experimental12.
  4. (4) Obtained using Eq. (6) based on MoS2 bulk in-plane relative dielectric permittivity of 15 and the interlayer separation of 6.02 Å37.
  5. (5) Obtained using Eq. (6) based on WS2 bulk in-plane relative dielectric permittivity of 14 and the interlayer separation of 6.06 Å37.