Transition metal dichalcogenide growth via close proximity precursor supply

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  O'Brien, Maria ^a   McEvoy, Niall ^a   Hallam, Toby ^a   Kim, Hye Young ^a   Berner, Nina C ^a   Hanlon, Damien ^a   Lee, Kangho ^a   Coleman, Jonathan N ^a   Duesberg, Georg S ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 84923352294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07374     Document Type: Article

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