Interface-induced warping in hybrid two-dimensional materials

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2015-2023

  Alred, John M ^a   Zhang, Zhuhua ^a   Hu, Zhili ^a   Yakobson, Boris I ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

graphene; hybrid 2D materials; interface; mechanical property; rippling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937515142     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0713-2     Document Type: Article

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