Ultrafast and low temperature synthesis of highly crystalline and patternable few-layers tungsten diselenide by laser irradiation assisted selenization process

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 4346-4353

  Chen, Yu Ze ^a   Medina, Henry ^a   Su, Teng Yu ^a   Li, Jian Guang ^a   Cheng, Kai Yuan ^a   Chiu, Po Wen ^a   Chueh, Yu Lun ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

laser irradiation assisted selenization process; MoSe2< inf>; patternable growth; TMDs; WO3< inf>

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; IRRADIATION; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION METALS;

ALTERNATIVE PROCESS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); FIELD-EFFECT MOBILITIES; LOW TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; SELENIZATION PROCESS; TMDS; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES;

RADIATION;

EID: 84929095958     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b00866     Document Type: Article

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