Van der waals epitaxial growth of transition metal dichalcogenides on pristine and n-doped graphene

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 4920-4928

  Saidi, Wissam A ^a  

^a University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N-DOPED; TRANSITION METAL DICHALCOGENIDES; VAN DER WAALS;

EID: 84907545934     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: 15287505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg5001123     Document Type: Article

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