Visualization and quantification of transition metal atomic mixing in Mo1-x Wx S2 single layers

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dumcenco, Dumitru O ^a   Kobayashi, Haruka ^b   Liu, Zheng ^b   Huang, Ying Sheng ^a   Suenaga, Kazu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; MOLYBDENUM; TRANSITION ELEMENT; TUNGSTEN;

ALLOY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CRYSTAL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MIXING; THEORETICAL STUDY; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICS;

EID: 84878343180     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2351     Document Type: Article

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