Opening of triangular hole in triangular-shaped chemical vapor deposited hexagonal boron nitride crystal

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Sharma, Subash ^a   Kalita, Golap ^a   Vishwakarma, Riteshkumar ^a   Zulkifli, Zurita ^a   Tanemura, Masaki ^a  

^a NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 84930224971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10426     Document Type: Article

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