Optical properties and band gap of single- and few-layer MoTe2 crystals

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 6231-6236

  Ruppert, Claudia ^a   Aslan, Ozgur Burak ^a   Heinz, Tony F ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

2D materials; electronic and optical properties; Layered materials; MoTe2; transition metal dichalcogenides

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MONOLAYERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE;

DIRECT-GAP SEMICONDUCTOR; ELECTRONIC AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; LAYER CRYSTALS; LAYERED MATERIAL; MOTE2; OPTICAL ABSORPTION MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL RANGE; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84910120989     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl502557g     Document Type: Article

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