Metal-insulator transition in a transition metal dichalcogenide: Dependence on metal contacts

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Transition metal dichalcogenides are promising layered materials for realizing novel nanoelectronic and nano-optoelectronic devices. Molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), a typical transition metal dichalcogenide, has been extensively investigated due to the presence of a sizable band gap, which enables the use of MoS2 as a channel material in field-effect transistors (FET). The gate-voltage-Tunable metal-insulator transition and superconductivity using MoS2 have been demonstrated in previous studies. These interesting phenomena can be considered as quantum phase transitions in two-dimensional systems. In this study, we observed that the transport properties of thin MoS2 flakes in FET geometry significantly depend on metal contacts. On comparing Ti/Au with Al contacts, it was found that the threshold voltages for FET switching and metal-insulator transition were considerably lower for the device with Al contacts. This result indicated the significant influence of the Al contacts on the properties of MoS2 devices.

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Shimazu, Y., Arai, K., & Iwabuchi, T. (2018). Metal-insulator transition in a transition metal dichalcogenide: Dependence on metal contacts. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 969). Institute of Physics Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/969/1/012105

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