High yield exfoliation of two-dimensional chalcogenides using sodium naphthalenide

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zheng, Jian ^a   Zhang, Han ^a   Dong, Shaohua ^a   Liu, Yanpeng ^a   Tai Nai, Chang ^a   Suk Shin, Hyeon ^b   Young Jeong, Hu ^b   Liu, Bo ^a   Ping Loh, Kian ^a  

^a National University of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGEN; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; MOLYBDENUM; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POTASSIUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM DERIVATIVE; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

CRYSTALLINITY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SALT; SUBSTRATE; SULFIDE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; HYDRATION; LITHIATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84891764011     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3995     Document Type: Article

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