Phosphorene: Synthesis, Scale-Up, and Quantitative Optical Spectroscopy

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 8869-8884

  Woomer, Adam H ^a   Farnsworth, Tyler W ^a   Hu, Jun ^a   Wells, Rebekah A ^a   Donley, Carrie L ^b   Warren, Scott C ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

2D materials; band gap; black phosphorus; liquid exfoliation; optical spectroscopy; phosphorene; quantum confinement

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; MONOLAYERS; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT;

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL REALIZATIONS; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; LIQUID EXFOLIATIONS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOSPHORENE; QUANTITATIVE MEASUREMENT;

PHOSPHORUS;

EID: 84942342373     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02599     Document Type: Article

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