Quantitative Predictions of the Thermal Conductivity in Transition Metal Dichalcogenides: Impact of Point Defects in MoS and WS Monolayers.

Transition metal dichalcogenides are investigated for various applications at the nanoscale because of their unique combination of properties and dimensionality. For many of the anticipated applications, heat conduction plays an important role. At the same time, these materials often contain relatively large amounts of point defects.