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  • Nanotechnology
  • Chemistry

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  • Two-dimensional (2D) materials possess high surface sensitivity, allowing property tuning via environmental interactions.
  • Transition metal dichalcogenides, like molybdenum disulfide (MoS2), show promise as sensitive materials for molecular discrimination.
  • Identifying structural isomers presents a significant challenge in molecular sensing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate isomer discrimination using chemically functionalized, defect-engineered monolayer MoS2.
  • To explore the potential of 2D materials in recognizing molecules with subtle structural differences.
  • To establish a field-effect transistor (FET) based readout for isomer identification.

Main Methods:

  • Chemical functionalization of defect-engineered monolayer MoS2.
  • Multiscale characterization including X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and photoluminescence spectroscopy.
  • Electrical measurements corroborated by theoretical calculations.

Main Results:

  • Monolayer MoS2 exhibits high sensitivity to molecular dipolar differences arising from chemical structure.
  • Successful discrimination of difluorobenzenethiol isomers was achieved.
  • The functionalized MoS2 FET demonstrated precise molecular recognition capabilities.

Conclusions:

  • Chemical functionalization of 2D MoS2 enables sensitive isomer discrimination.
  • This approach highlights the potential of 2D materials for advanced molecular sensing.
  • The findings pave the way for using 2D materials in identifying complex isomers.