Identification of individual and few layers of WS2 using Raman Spectroscopy

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Berkdemir, Ayse ^a   Gutiérrez, Humberto R ^a,d   Botello Méndez, Andrés R ^b   Perea López, Néstor ^a   Elías, Ana Laura ^a   Chia, Chen Ing ^a   Wang, Bei ^a   Crespi, Vincent H ^a   López Urías, Florentino ^a,e   Charlier, Jean Christophe ^b   Terrones, Humberto ^a   Terrones, Mauricio ^a,c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTO POTOSINO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y TECNOLÓGICA   (Mexico)

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EID: 84877738846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01755     Document Type: Article

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