Scientists from Wrocław University of Science and Technology discovered the unique properties of transition metal chalcogenides. Researchers from Wrocław university were searching for new semiconductor materials that could be used in electronic devices of the latest generation.
Scientists from the Department of Experimental Physics, conducting joint research with partners from Germany, Russia, Japan and Taiwan, are looking for new semiconductor materials, the so-called atomically thin, i.e. substances that can be easily separated into layers of different thicknesses. This phenomenon became the subject of interest to scientists after receiving a single two-dimensional layer of carbon, so-called graphene and the discovery of its unique properties.
The researched monolayers of transition metal chalcogenides are atomically thin, just like graphene. However, unlike graphene, which is a semi-metal, they are semiconductors allowing for more applications in the construction of new generation electronic devices.
