Electric field induced gap modification in ultrathin blue phosphorus

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Ghosh, Barun ^a   Nahas, Suhas ^a   Bhowmick, Somnath ^a   Agarwal, Amit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

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EID: 84926443699     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.115433     Document Type: Article

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