Tunable Bandgap Narrowing Induced by Controlled Molecular Thickness in 2D Mica Nanosheets

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 4222-4228

  Kim, Sang Sub ^a   Khai, Tran Van ^b   Kulish, Vadym ^c   Kim, Yoon Hyun ^d,e   Na, Han Gil ^b   Katoch, Akash ^a   Osada, Minoru ^d,e   Wu, Ping ^c   Kim, Hyoun Woo ^b  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MICA; NANOSHEETS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; BAND GAP NARROWING; CONDUCTING ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIVERSE APPLICATIONS; LATTICE RELAXATION; MOLECULAR THICKNESS; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; STRUCTURAL MODELING;

ENERGY GAP;

EID: 84935023298     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm504802j     Document Type: Article

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