Possible Electric-Field-Induced Superconducting States in Doped Silicene

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhang, Li Da ^a   Yang, Fan ^a   Yao, Yugui ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84939203526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08203     Document Type: Article

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