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Abstract Molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2) is systematically studied using Raman spectroscopy with ultraviolet and visible laser lines. It is shown that only the Raman frequencies of E₂ ₆¹ and A ₁₆^ peaks vary monotonously with the layer number of ultrathin MoS 2 flakes, while intensities or widths of the peaks vary arbitrarily. The coupling between electronic transitions and phonons are found to become weaker when the layer number of MoS 2 decreases, attributed to the increased electronic transition energies or elongated intralayer atomic bonds in ultrathin MoS 2. The asymmetric Raman peak at 454 cm −1, which has been regarded as the overtone of longitudinal optical M phonons in bulk MoS 2, is actually a combinational band involving a longitudinal acoustic mode (LA (M) ) and an optical mode (A ₂ₔ^). Our findings suggest a clear evolution of the coupling between electronic transition and phonon when MoS 2 is scaled down from three‐ to two‐dimensional geometry.
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