First principles prediction of the magnetic properties of Fe-X 6 (X = S, C, N, O, F) doped monolayer MoS 2

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Feng, Nan ^a   Mi, Wenbo ^a   Cheng, Yingchun ^b   Guo, Zaibing ^b   Schwingenschlögl, Udo ^b   Bai, Haili ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

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EID: 84893845460     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03987     Document Type: Article

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