Electronic structure and optical signatures of semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenide nanosheets

Accounts of Chemical Research

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 91-99

  Zhao, Weijie ^a   Ribeiro, Ricardo Mendes ^b   Eda, Goki ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

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EID: 84921327134     PISSN: 00014842     EISSN: 15204898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ar500303m     Document Type: Article

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