It was held at 800 0C for 2 days, and subsequently quenched in air. Bi-layered flakes of MoTe2 were exfoliated from these single-crystals by using the ``scotch-tape" micromechanical cleavage technique, and transferred onto p-doped Si wafers covered with a 270 nm thick layer of SiO2. For making the electrical contacts 90 nm of Au was deposited onto a 4 nm layer of Ti via e-beam evaporation. Contacts were patterned using standard e-beam lithography techniques. After gold deposition, the devices were annealed at 2500 C for ~ 2 h in forming gas. This was subsequently followed by high vacuum annealing for 24 h at 1200 C. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging was performed using the Asylum Research MFP-3D AFM. Electrical characterization was performed by using a combination of sourcemeter (Keithley 2612 A), Lock-In amplifier (Signal Recovery 7265) and resistance bridges (Lakeshore 370) coupled to a Physical Property Measurement System. The Raman spectra were measured in a backscattering geometry using a 488 nm laser excitation wave-length. Sub-Angström aberration corrected transmission electron microscopy was performed by using a JEM-ARM200cF microscope. EDS was performed through field- emission scanning electron microscopy (Zeiss 1540 XB).