OH-terminated two-dimensional transition metal carbides and nitrides as ultralow work function materials

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2015, Pages

  Khazaei, Mohammad ^a   Arai, Masao ^a   Sasaki, Taizo ^a   Ranjbar, Ahmad ^b   Liang, Yunye ^c   Yunoki, Seiji ^b,d,e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Computational Science   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN   (Japan)

^e RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science   (Japan)

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EID: 84940062450     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.075411     Document Type: Article

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