Enhanced Sensitivity of MoTe2 Chemical Sensor through Light Illumination
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Feng, Z.; Xie, Y.; Wu, E.; Yu, Y.; Zheng, S.; Zhang, R.; Chen, X.; Sun, C.; Zhang, H.; Pang, W.; et al. Enhanced Sensitivity of MoTe2 Chemical Sensor through Light Illumination. Micromachines 2017, 8, 155. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi8050155
Feng Z, Xie Y, Wu E, Yu Y, Zheng S, Zhang R, Chen X, Sun C, Zhang H, Pang W, et al. Enhanced Sensitivity of MoTe2 Chemical Sensor through Light Illumination. Micromachines. 2017; 8(5):155. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi8050155
Chicago/Turabian StyleFeng, Zhihong, Yuan Xie, Enxiu Wu, Yuanyuan Yu, Shijun Zheng, Rui Zhang, Xuejiao Chen, Chonglin Sun, Hao Zhang, Wei Pang, and et al. 2017. "Enhanced Sensitivity of MoTe2 Chemical Sensor through Light Illumination" Micromachines 8, no. 5: 155. https://doi.org/10.3390/mi8050155