Mechanism of bismuth telluride exfoliation in an ionic liquid solvent

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 3644-3652

  Ludwig, Thomas ^a   Guo, Lingling ^a,b   Mccrary, Parker ^c   Zhang, Zhongtao ^a   Gordon, Haley ^c,d   Quan, Haiyu ^a,b   Stanton, Michael ^e   Frazier, Rachel M ^f   Rogers, Robin D ^c   Wang, Hung Ta ^a,b   Turner, C Heath ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b University of Alabama   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^d University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^e SAINT MARY'S COLLEGE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSIONS; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; THERMODYNAMICS;

1-BUTYL-3-METHYLIMIDAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATION; HETEROGENEOUS CATALYST; KINETICS AND THERMODYNAMICS; LAYERED CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; MOLECULAR-LEVEL INSIGHTS; THERMO-ELECTRIC MATERIALS;

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EID: 84926030864     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00239     Document Type: Article

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