Photoluminescence of boron nitride nanosheets exfoliated by ball milling

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 26, 2012, Pages

  Hua Li, Lu ^a   Chen, Ying ^a   Cheng, Bing Ming ^b   Lin, Meng Yeh ^b   Chou, Sheng Long ^b   Peng, Yu Chain ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP ULTRAVIOLET; MILLING METHODS; MILLING TIME; PEAK PROFILES; POLARIZATION ANISOTROPY; PREFERENTIAL ORIENTATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHEAR FORCE;

BALL MILLING; MILLING (MACHINING); PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

NANOSHEETS;

EID: 84863330152     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4731203     Document Type: Article

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