Controlled synthesis of single-crystal SnSe nanoplates

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 288-295

  Zhao, Shuli ^a,b   Wang, Huan ^a   Zhou, Yu ^a,b   Liao, Lei ^a   Jiang, Ying ^c   Yang, Xiao ^a   Chen, Guanchu ^a   Lin, Min ^a   Wang, Yong ^c   Peng, Hailin ^a,b   Liu, Zhongfan ^a,b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

IV VI chalcogenide; nanoplate; optoelectronics; SnSe; two dimensional layered crystals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921376640     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-014-0676-8     Document Type: Article

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