Lattice-guided growth of dense arrays of aligned transition metal dichalcogenide nanoribbons with high catalytic reactivity

Authors: Zongpeng Ma, Pablo Solís-Fernández, Kaito Hirata, Yung-Chang Lin, Keisuke Shinokita, Mina Maruyama, Kota Honda, Tatsuki Kato, Aika Uchida, Hiroto Ogura, Tomohiro Otsuka, Masahiro Hara, Kazunari Matsuda, Kazu Suenaga, Susumu Okada, Toshiaki Kato, Yasufumi Takahashi, Hiroki Ago

Published: 2025-01-08

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adr8046

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Abstract

Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) exhibit unique properties and potential applications when reduced to one-dimensional (1D) nanoribbons (NRs), owing to quantum confinement and high edge densities. However, effective growth methods for self-aligned TMD NRs are still lacking. We demonstrate a versatile approach for lattice-guided growth of dense, aligned MoS