UK researchers manage to produce large-area MoS2 thin films

Researchers from the UK's University of Southampton developed a new process to synthesize large-area molybdenum di-sulphide (MoS₂), a 2D material similar to graphene in many of its properties. Up until now most MoS₂ production results in tiny flakes.

The researchers used atmospheric pressure chemical vapor deposition (APCVD) to fabricate large area (>1000 mm²) ultra- thin films only a few atoms thick. The researchers are collaborating in this research together with several UK companies and universities, MIT and Singapore's Nanyang Technological University.