A strain tunable single-layer MoS2 photodetector

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Several researchers from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), among others, have developed flexible semiconductor photodetectors only three atoms thick.

These devices are based on molybdenum disulfide and can be folded, stretched, compressed and twisted as if it were a rubber sheet.

These results open the door to a new type of electronics, the "straintronics", which uses the deformations to modify both the geometry of the device and its properties and operation.

This would allow this photoreceptor to operate in very different conditions and adapt to them by mimicking the behavior of the human eye in different light conditions.

This invention, at least, can be very useful for the manufacture of cameras.

Source: sciencedirect.com, read original article
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369702119301762?via%3Dihub