The stability and electronic properties of novel three-dimensional graphene-MoS2 hybrid structure

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tang, Zhen Kun ^a,b   Zhang, Yan Ning ^a,c   Zhang, Deng Yu ^b   Lau, Woon Ming ^a,c   Liu, Li Min ^a  

^a BEIJING COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER   (China)

^b HENGYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Chengdu Green Energy and Green Manufacturing Technology R and D Center   (China)

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EID: 84946019441     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07007     Document Type: Article

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