Anisotropic electronic conduction in stacked two-dimensional titanium carbide

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Hu, Tao ^a,b   Zhang, Hui ^a,b   Wang, Jiemin ^a   Li, Zhaojin ^a,b   Hu, Minmin ^a,b   Tan, Jun ^a   Hou, Pengxiang ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Wang, Xiaohui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

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EID: 84946945121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16329     Document Type: Article

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