Flexible transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets for band-selective photodetection

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Velusamy, Dhinesh Babu ^a   Kim, Richard Hahnkee ^a   Cha, Soonyoung ^a   Huh, June ^b   Khazaeinezhad, Reza ^a   Kassani, Sahar Hosseinzadeh ^a   Song, Giyoung ^a   Cho, Suk Man ^a   Cho, Sung Hwan ^a   Hwang, Ihn ^a   Lee, Jinseong ^a   Oh, Kyunghwan ^a   Choi, Hyunyoug ^a   Park, Cheolmin ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE; CHALCOGEN; DICHALCOGENIDE; NANOSHEET; POLYMER; TRANSITION ELEMENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FILM; LIGHT EFFECT; POLYMER; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; DISPERSION; ILLUMINATION; INFRARED RADIATION; LIGHT;

EID: 84940881787     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9063     Document Type: Article

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