Investigations of Electron-Electron and Interlayer Electron-Phonon Coupling in van der Waals hBN/WSe2/hBN Heterostructures by Photoluminescence Excitation Experiments
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Jadczak, J.; Kutrowska-Girzycka, J.; Schindler, J.J.; Debus, J.; Watanabe, K.; Taniguchi, T.; Ho, C.-H.; Bryja, L. Investigations of Electron-Electron and Interlayer Electron-Phonon Coupling in van der Waals hBN/WSe2/hBN Heterostructures by Photoluminescence Excitation Experiments. Materials 2021, 14, 399. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14020399
Jadczak J, Kutrowska-Girzycka J, Schindler JJ, Debus J, Watanabe K, Taniguchi T, Ho C-H, Bryja L. Investigations of Electron-Electron and Interlayer Electron-Phonon Coupling in van der Waals hBN/WSe2/hBN Heterostructures by Photoluminescence Excitation Experiments. Materials. 2021; 14(2):399. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14020399
Chicago/Turabian StyleJadczak, Joanna, Joanna Kutrowska-Girzycka, Janina J. Schindler, Joerg Debus, Kenji Watanabe, Takashi Taniguchi, Ching-Hwa Ho, and Leszek Bryja. 2021. "Investigations of Electron-Electron and Interlayer Electron-Phonon Coupling in van der Waals hBN/WSe2/hBN Heterostructures by Photoluminescence Excitation Experiments" Materials 14, no. 2: 399. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14020399