Silicene oxides: Formation, structures and electronic properties

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wang, Rong ^a   Pi, Xiaodong ^a   Ni, Zhenyi ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Lin, Shisheng ^b   Xu, Mingsheng ^c   Yang, Deren ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84890622453     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03507     Document Type: Article

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