Order-disorder phase transitions in the two-dimensional semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenide alloys Mo1-xWxX2 (X = S, Se, and Te)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gan, Li Yong ^a,c   Zhang, Qingyun ^a   Zhao, Yu Jun ^b   Cheng, Yingchun ^a   Schwingenschlögl, Udo ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84946236003     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06691     Document Type: Article

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