Vertical transport in graphene-hexagonal boron nitride heterostructure devices

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bruzzone, Samantha ^a   Logoteta, Demetrio ^a   Fiori, Gianluca ^a   Iannaccone, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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EID: 84942773394     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep14519     Document Type: Article

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