Theoretical prediction of electronic structure and carrier mobility in single-walled MoS2 nanotubes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xiao, Jin ^a   Long, Mengqiu ^a   Li, Xinmei ^a   Xu, Hui ^a   Huang, Han ^a   Gao, Yongli ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 84908300712     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04327     Document Type: Article

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