An optoelectronic framework enabled by low-dimensional phase-change films

Nature

Volumn 511, Issue 7508, 2014, Pages 206-211

  Hosseini, Peiman ^a   Wright, C David ^b   Bhaskaran, Harish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MEDIUM; CRYSTALLINITY; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PIXEL; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VISUALIZATION;

ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONICS; FILM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MODULATION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION INDEX; SOLID STATE; SPECTACLES;

EID: 84904207745     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature13487     Document Type: Article

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