Structures, energetics, and electronic properties of multifarious stacking patterns for high-buckled and low-buckled silicene on the MoS2 substrate

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 33, 2014, Pages 19129-19138

  Li, Linyang ^a   Zhao, Mingwen ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ELECTRONIC DEVICE; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FORMATION ENERGIES; HIGH CARRIER MOBILITY; STACKING PATTERNS; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTION;

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EID: 84906534913     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5043359     Document Type: Article

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