2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenide: Unraveling High‐Yield Phase‐Transition Dynamics in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides on Metallic Substrates (Adv. Sci. 7/2019)

In article number 1802093, Wenjing Zhang, Andrivo Rusydi, Andrew T. S. Wee, and co-workers derive the general trends for the high-yield phase-transition-process of two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (2D-TMDs) on metals (Au, Ag, Cu). While each 2D-TMD possesses different intrinsic 1H-1T' energy barriers, the use of a metallic substrate with higher chemical reactivity plays a more pivotal role in increasing the 1H-1T' phase-transition yield which is brought about via the enhancement of the interfacial hybridizations.