How to Use disulfide in a Sentence

disulfide

noun
  • At this point the tungsten disulfide crystal is pushed into the membrane.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The thinness of tungsten disulfide crystal is just one of the special properties of the material.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Aug. 2019
  • The tungsten disulfide semiconductor is barely visible between the metal source and drain.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2020
  • Previous studies managed to reach this mixed state in tantalum disulfide by using ultrashort laser or voltage pulses.
    — Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2025
  • The tubular shape of the niobium disulfide nanotubes also addresses a long-standing challenge in nanoscale fabrication.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Finally, the silicon nitride membrane is etched away, leaving the tungsten disulfide crystal suspended in the silicon frame.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Aug. 2019
  • This happened because temperature changes shifted the way electrons organize in tantalum disulfide.
    — Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2025
  • The most famous one is graphene, but experts believe that 2D semiconductors such as molybdenum disulfide and tungsten disulfide might be better suited for the job.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2020
  • In addition to operating at room temperature, tungsten disulfide can channel light in the visible spectrum.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Tungsten disulfide, molybdenum diselenide, and a few others can be made in single-atom layers that (unlike graphene) are natural semiconductors.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2020
  • The star ingredient, bis-aminopropyl diglycol dimaleate (say that five times fast), reconnects broken disulfide bonds in the hair, which can be damaged by heat styling, coloring, and everyday wear and tear.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 19 June 2026
  • Protein disulfide isomerases regulate androgen receptor stability and promote prostate cancer cell growth and survival.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The research team successfully transformed niobium disulfide—a metal known in its bulk form for exhibiting superconductivity—into nanotubes just billionths of a meter wide.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Using tungsten disulfide as the semiconductor, the researchers formed double gate transistors, where the WS2 is sandwiched between top and bottom electrodes that control the current flowing through.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2021
  • The basic structure of the device the MIT team came up with, in which an atomic layer of molybdennum disulfide is sandwiched between two electrodes, one made from silver and the other gold, resembles this architecture.
    — Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The change of states in tantalum disulfide by the use of temperature only is important because laser technologies are more expensive and harder to embed in electronics than non-cryogenic cooling techniques, says De la Torre.
    — Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2025
  • This tunability has driven strong interest in creating niobium disulfide nanotubes, a true metallic form with potential to advance high-speed electronics and superconductivity.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Using computer simulations, the research team found that pre-treating Molybdenum disulfide with oxygen or fluorine significantly improves control during the etching process.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 21 June 2026
  • Electrons should theoretically zip through tungsten disulfide, another such 2D material, more quickly than MoS2.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2021
  • At about 77 °C, tantalum disulfide transitions from a metallic-like state to an insulating phase—and at -63 °C, the material’s crystals stabilized in a mix of insulating and metallic phases.
    — Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2025
  • While this device is the thinnest optical waveguide, reliably producing tungsten disulfide for large areas at high quality remains a challenge, potentially hindering these devices quickly finding their way into commercial optoelectronic devices.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University The key was to heat and freeze single crystals of tantalum disulfide, a material known for its ability to switch quickly between insulating and conducting states with light or heat.
    — Meghie Rodrigues, IEEE Spectrum, 23 July 2025
  • Using new transit spectra from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the researchers argued that the data were consistent with dimethyl sulfide, and possibly dimethyl disulfide — gases that on Earth are strongly associated with marine biology.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Dec. 2025

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