How to Use molybdenum disulfide in a Sentence

molybdenum disulfide

noun
  • The molybdenum disulfide flakes are tiny compared to the graphene sheets.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Among them, the best studied is molybdenum disulfide.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Dec. 2021
  • These walls of molybdenum disulfide form a kind of maze on the glass and appear like fingerprints on the glass.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Aug. 2016
  • At one end of the bridge, there's a chemical group that reacts with molybdenum disulfide.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The graphene monolayer acts as the source, while the molybdenum disulfide layer is the drain.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Dec. 2020
  • The new work aims to create a single molecule that acts as a bridge between graphene and molybdenum disulfide.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Apr. 2022
  • The sheet is made of a relatively cheap compound called molybdenum disulfide.
    — William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2016
  • The source and drain electrodes were simply strips of metal that contacted the molybdenum disulfide.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Finally, the researchers made their cathode out of molybdenum disulfide.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Since molybdenum disulfide is so new, not many circuit designers have worked with the material.
    — Katherine Bourzac, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Jan. 2017
  • The researchers found that applying a much smaller voltage across the molybdenum disulfide could sensitize it to light.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2022
  • This is not the first time NEMS resonators have been produced using molybdenum disulfide.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Mar. 2018
  • In the Stanford device, the tricky part was coming up with an easy way to make a small gate atop the molybdenum disulfide without harming it, says Pop.
    — Katherine Bourzac, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Jan. 2017
  • The heterojunction between molybdenum disulfide and tungsten diselenide serves as the p–n-junction switch.
    — Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Apr. 2018
  • PhD student Zhi Hao Peng etched repeating nanoscale lines into a molybdenum disulfide flake.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 21 Nov. 2025
  • That team controlled the transition of molybdenum disulfide between insulating and metallic states by using an electric field.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2018
  • The structure alternates repeating layers of molybdenum disulfide and aluminum oxide placed on top of a light-reflecting gold layer.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 15 June 2023
  • But the electrons that were slowed down in molybdenum disulfide, which had been a detriment at dimensions above 5 nm, become a benefit when gate lengths go below those dimensions.
    — Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 7 Oct. 2016
  • Most prominent among these materials is molybdenum disulfide.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The new device was made using the semiconductor molybdenum disulfide, which consists of a sheet of molybdenum atoms sandwiched between two layers of sulfur atoms.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 16 Apr. 2025
  • In this case, the researchers used molybdenum disulfide, an atomically thin material that has seen a lot of use in experimental devices.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Both Pop and El-Damak say molybdenum disulfide is unlikely to be a direct replacement for silicon.
    — Katherine Bourzac, IEEE Spectrum, 10 Jan. 2017
  • For example, graphene consists of single layers of carbon atoms, and molybdenum disulfide is made of a sheet of molybdenum atoms sandwiched between two layers of sulfur atoms.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Thanks to the molybdenum disulfide material, the holes are also naturally electrically charged to repel certain types of salts away.
    — William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2016
  • For the power source, the researchers combined the molybdenum disulfide and the tungsten diselenide to create a p-n heterojunction that acts as a photodiode.
    — Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2018
  • 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 explaining how the device converts light into an electrical charge, Koman says that molybdenum disulfide flakes are oxidized in the process of preparation.
    — Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2018
  • John Timmer Next up, a flake of the molybdenum disulfide semiconductor was layered over the entire (now three-dimensional) structure.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2022
  • In this case, the researchers used a single layer of molybdenum disulfide to make a chemristor in which the material changes its electrical resistance to the presence of molecules.
    — Dexter Johnson, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2018
  • Zhang and his colleagues created a gate from a single layer of molybdenum disulfide—consisting of a sheet of molybdenum atoms sandwiched between two layers of sulfur atoms—placed on top of silica.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Dec. 2022

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