MoS 2 heterojunctions by thickness modulation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Tosun, Mahmut ^a,b,c   Fu, Deyi ^b,d   Desai, Sujay B ^a,b,c   Ko, Changhyun ^d   Seuk Kang, Jeong ^a,b,c   Lien, Der Hsien ^a,b,c   Najmzadeh, Mohammad ^a,c   Tongay, Sefaattin ^d   Wu, Junqiao ^b,d   Javey, Ali ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

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EID: 84934343636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10990     Document Type: Article

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