Centimeter-Scale Synthesis of Ultrathin Layered MoO3 by van der Waals Epitaxy

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 4042-4051

  Molina Mendoza, Aday J ^a   Lado, José L ^b   Island, Joshua O ^c   Niño, Miguel Angel ^d   Aballe, Lucía ^e   Foerster, Michael ^e   Bruno, Flavio Y ^f   López Moreno, Alejandro ^d   Vaquero Garzon, Luis ^d   Van Der Zant, Herre S J ^c   Rubio Bollinger, Gabino ^a,g   Agraït, Nicolás ^a,d,g   Pérez, Emilio M ^d   Fernández Rossier, Joaquín ^b   Castellanos Gomez, Andres ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INTERNATIONAL IBERIAN NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Portugal)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

^e ALBA SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^g Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; BAND STRUCTURE; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; MICA; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; SILICATE MINERALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; FIELD-EFFECT DEVICES; INTERLAYER INTERACTIONS; LARGE SCALE SYNTHESIS; LASER POWER DENSITY; LATERAL DIMENSION; OPTOELECTRONIC APPLICATIONS; VAN DER WAALS EPITAXY;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84975038958     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b01505     Document Type: Article

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