State-of-the-art surface oxide semiconductors of liquid metals: an emerging platform for development of multifunctional two-dimensional materials
Mohammad Karbalaei Akbari, Francis Verpoort, Serge Zhuiykov
Abstract
Two-dimensional (2D) surface oxide films of post-transition liquid metals and their alloys have been recently introduced as an emerging category of ultra-thin functional semiconductor materials with fascinating physico-chemical and structural characteristics.
Topics & Concepts
Materials scienceSemiconductorOxideNanotechnologyChemical stateTransition metalSurface (topology)Liquid stateMetallurgyChemical engineeringEngineering physicsOptoelectronicsChemistryChemical physicsCatalysisGeometryEngineeringOrganic chemistryMathematicsX-ray photoelectron spectroscopyZnO doping and propertiesElectronic and Structural Properties of OxidesGas Sensing Nanomaterials and Sensors