Exciton binding energy of monolayer WS2

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhu, Bairen ^a   Chen, Xi ^a   Cui, Xiaodong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84924940117     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09218     Document Type: Article

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