Band nesting and the optical response of two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides

We have studied the optical conductivity of two-dimensional (2D) semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenides using ab initio density functional theory. We find that this class of materials presents large optical response due to the phenomenon of band nesting. The tendency towards band nesting is...

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Main Author: Carvalho, A. (author)
Other Authors: Ribeiro, R. M. (author), Castro Neto, A. H. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/27423
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/27423