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Phosphorus joins the family

Transistor devices can be fabricated from exfoliated layers of black phosphorus.

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Figure 1: Black phosphorus structure and bandgaps of layered materials.

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Churchill, H., Jarillo-Herrero, P. Phosphorus joins the family. Nature Nanotech 9, 330–331 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.85

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