Erratum: Synthesis of large and few atomic layers of hexagonal boron nitride on melted copper(Scientific Reports (2015) 5 (7743) DOI: 10.1038/srep07743);Synthesis of large and few atomic layers of Hexagonal boron nitride on melted copper

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Khan, Majharul Haque ^a   Huang, Zhenguo ^a   Xiao, Feng ^a   Casillas, Gilberto ^a   Chen, Zhixin ^a   Molino, Paul J ^a   Liu, Hua Kun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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EID: 84922602893     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09547     Document Type: Erratum

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