Rediscovering black phosphorus as an anisotropic layered material for optoelectronics and electronics

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xia, Fengnian ^a   Wang, Han ^b   Jia, Yichen ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

^b IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK PHOSPHORUS; GRAPHENE; PHOSPHORUS; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FILM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOSPHORUS;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRONICS; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; FILM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OPTOELECTRONICS; POLARIZATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THICKNESS;

EID: 84904707277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5458     Document Type: Article

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