Facile microwave-assisted synthesis of klockmannite CuSe nanosheets and their exceptional electrical properties

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Liu, Yong Qiang ^a   Wang, Feng Xia ^a   Xiao, Yan ^a   Peng, Hong Dan ^a   Zhong, Hai Jian ^a   Liu, Zheng Hui ^a   Pan, Ge Bo ^a  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

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EID: 84905836919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05998     Document Type: Article

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