Impact of lattice distortion and electron doping on α-MoO3 electronic structure

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Huang, Peng Ru ^a   He, Yao ^a   Cao, Chao ^b   Lu, Zheng Hong ^a,c  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84923353958     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07131     Document Type: Article

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