Large-area synthesis of high-quality and uniform monolayer WS2 on reusable Au foils

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Gao, Yang ^a   Liu, Zhibo ^a   Sun, Dong Ming ^a   Huang, Le ^b   Ma, Lai Peng ^a   Yin, Li Chang ^a   Ma, Teng ^a   Zhang, Zhiyong ^b   Ma, Xiu Liang ^a   Peng, Lian Mao ^b   Cheng, Hui Ming ^a   Ren, Wencai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FILM; OPTICAL PROPERTY; THIN SECTION; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 84944089140     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9569     Document Type: Article

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