Study on transport properties of Bi2Se3 single crystals grown by vapor phase technique

Synthesis and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic and Nano-Metal Chemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1418-1425

  Deshpande, M P ^a   Chaki, Sunil H ^a   Pandya, Nilesh N ^a   Sakariya, Pallavi ^a   Bhatt, Sandip V ^a  

^a SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bi2Se3; Electrical properties; Single crystal; Vapor phase technique

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871186045     PISSN: 15533174     EISSN: 15533182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15533174.2012.682683     Document Type: Article

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