Intrinsic defects, fluctuations of the local shape, and the photo-oxidation of black phosphorus

ACS Central Science

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 320-327

  Utt, Kainen L ^a   Rivero, Pablo ^a   Mehboudi, Mehrshad ^a   Harriss, Edmund O ^a   Borunda, Mario F ^b   San Juan, Alejandro A Pacheco ^c   Barraza Lopez, Salvador ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL NORTE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECTS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOSPHORUS;

DEGRADATION DYNAMICS; HEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; INTRINSIC DEFECTS; LAYERED MATERIAL; LIGHT EXCITATION; OXIDATION PROCESS; PHOTO-INDUCED OXIDATIONS; VISIBLE AND ULTRAVIOLET;

OXIDATION;

EID: 84977665463     PISSN: 23747943     EISSN: 23747951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.5b00244     Document Type: Article

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