Inorganic Graphene Analogs

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 45, Issue , 2015, Pages 29-62

  Rao, C N R ^a   Maitra, Urmimala ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Boron nitride; Inorganic layered materials; Metal chalcogenides; Metal oxides; Metal organic framework; MoS2; Nanosheets

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; CHALCOGENIDES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; GRAPHENE; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOSHEETS; NITRIDES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANOMETALLICS;

INORGANIC LAYERED MATERIALS; METAL CHALCOGENIDE; METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORK; METAL OXIDES; MOS2;

METALS;

EID: 84952307024     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070214-021141     Document Type: Article

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