Electrical and optoelectronic anisotropy and surface electron accumulation in ReS nanostructures.

Two interesting electronic transport properties including in-plane anisotropy and nonhomogeneous carrier distribution were observed in ReS nanoflakes. The electrical conductivity defined by the current parallel to the -axis (‖) is 32 times higher than that perpendicular to the -axis (⊥). Similar anisotropy was also observed in optoelectronic properties in which the ratio of responsivity ‖ to ⊥ reaches 20.