Evaporative thinning: A facile synthesis method for high quality ultrathin layers of 2D crystals

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 10851-10857

  Huang, Yi Kai ^a   Cain, Jeffrey D ^a   Peng, Lintao ^a   Hao, Shiqiang ^a   Chasapis, Thomas ^b   Kanatzidis, Mercouri G ^b   Wolverton, Christopher ^a   Grayson, Matthew ^a,b   Dravid, Vinayak P ^a,b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

2D synthesis; bismuth selenide; transmission electron microscopy; two dimensional (2D) materials

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; BISMUTH METALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MONOLAYERS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

2D SYNTHESIS; BISMUTH SELENIDE; CONTROLLED SYNTHESIS; HIGH REPRODUCIBILITY; MONOLAYER DEPOSITION; SELECTIVE EVAPORATIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D); TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84908440154     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn504664p     Document Type: Article

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