Liquid-Phase Exfoliation of Phosphorene: Design Rules from Molecular Dynamics Simulations

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 8255-8268

  Sresht, Vishnu ^a   Pádua, Agílio A H ^a,b   Blankschtein, Daniel ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b ICCF   (France)

Author keywords

2D materials; liquid phase exfoliation; molecular dynamics; phosphorene; simulations; solvents

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; IONIC LIQUIDS; LIQUIDS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOSPHORUS;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE (DMSO); LIQUID PHASE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; N-CYCLOHEXYL-2-PYRROLIDONE; N-METHYL-2-PYRROLIDONE; PHOSPHORENE; SIMULATIONS;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 84940118111     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02683     Document Type: Article

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