Nucleation mechanism and morphology evolution of MoS<sub>2</sub> flakes grown by chemical vapor deposition<xref rid="cpb_26_12_128102fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref> <fn id="cpb_26_12_128102fn1"> <label>*</label> <p>Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Youths (Grant No. 61504036), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province for Youths, China (Grant No. A2016201087), the Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 20131301120003), and the Science and Technology Project of Hebei Province, China (Grant No. 13214315).</p> </fn>

Nucleation mechanism and morphology evolution of MoS₂ flakes grown by chemical vapor deposition* *

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China for Youths (Grant No. 61504036), the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province for Youths, China (Grant No. A2016201087), the Doctoral Fund of the Ministry of Education of China (Grant No. 20131301120003), and the Science and Technology Project of Hebei Province, China (Grant No. 13214315).

Xu He-Ju^{1, 2}, Mi Jian-Song¹, Li Yun¹, Zhang Bin¹, Cong Ri-Dong^{1, †}, Fu Guang-Sheng^{1, ‡}, Yu Wei^{1, ¶}

(color online) (a) AFM images of a MoS₂ flakes on SiO₂/Si substrate and (b) profile along the line in panel (a).