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Sapphire Surface Modification Enables Wafer-Scale 2D Semiconductor Growth (Peking U., CAS et al.)
What happened
Researchers from Peking University and CAS developed a surface modification strategy for sapphire to enable wafer-scale growth of monolayer WS2 and MoS2. This technique uses homo-metal-element (W/Mo and Al) modification on commercial C/M sapphire. The impact is neutral for current trading as it is a research milestone.
Impact and signal
Low impactImpact score: 10/100
Affected components and suppliers
2D SemiconductorsMoS2WS2Sapphire Substrates
Peking UniversityChinese Academy of Sciences
R&D2D MaterialsSapphireEpitaxy
Source and time
Source: Semiconductor Engineering · 8/28/2026 · View original source
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