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Kiyoung Jo1,2, Christopher E Stevens3,4, Bongjun Choi1

  • 1Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, United States.

Nano Letters
|April 9, 2024
PubMed
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Localized emission from WSe2 nanobubbles was observed. Strong piezoelectric potential at the WSe2-Au Schottky interface spatially confines excitons, enabling control over localized emission for nano and quantum photonics.

Keywords:
charge transferlocalized emissionpiezoelectricitysemiconductor−metal interfacetip-enhanced scanning probe technique

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