Synthesis and nanoscale investigation of the electrical properties of quasi-2D semiconductor Nb2O5nanosheets

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 641-648

  Zhuiykov, S ^a   Kats, E ^a   Kalantar Zadeh, K ^b   Li, Y ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

2 D nanostructures; Conductive AFM; exfoliation; niobium oxide; sol gel

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE AFM; CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CURRENT SENSING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EXFOLIATION; NANO-METER SCALE; NANOSCALE LEVELS; RAMAN TECHNIQUES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MORPHOLOGY; NANOSHEETS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM OXIDE; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84880416986     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2013.2265893     Document Type: Article

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