Preparation of few-layer bismuth selenide by liquid-phase-exfoliation and its optical absorption properties

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Sun, Liping ^a   Lin, Zhiqin ^a   Peng, Jian ^a   Weng, Jian ^a   Huang, Yizhong ^a   Luo, Zhengqian ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84899639420     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04794     Document Type: Article

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