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Monolayer diodes light up

Nature Nanotechnology volume 9, pages 247–248 (2014)Cite this article

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p–n diodes can be fabricated from a single layer of WSe2 crystal.

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Figure 1: Schematic drawing of a lateral monolayer WSe2 p–n diode with split-gate electrodes.

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  1. Rudolf Bratschitsch is at the Institute of Physics, University of Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany,

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