Oriented attachment of nanoparticles to form micrometer-sized nanosheets/nanobelts by topotactic reaction on rigid/flexible substrates with improved electronic properties

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2015, Pages e152-

  Qian, Hong Mei ^a   Zhao, Qian ^a   Dai, Bao Song ^a   Guo, Li Jie ^b   Zhang, Jin Xing ^b   Liu, Jia Jia ^a   Zhang, Jia Tao ^a   Zhu, He Sun ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MICROMETERS; POSITIVE IONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILVER; SUBSTRATES;

FLEXIBLE DEVICE APPLICATIONS; INSULATING BARRIERS; LOCALIZATION PHENOMENA; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC COMPOSITION; ORIENTED ATTACHMENT; RIGID AND FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATES; TOPOTACTIC REACTIONS;

NANOSHEETS;

EID: 84927759475     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2014.120     Document Type: Article

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