From boron cluster to two-dimensional boron sheet on Cu(111) surface: Growth mechanism and hole formation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Liu, Hongsheng ^a   Gao, Junfeng ^a,b   Zhao, Jijun ^a,b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

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EID: 84888179412     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03238     Document Type: Article

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