Controlling the electronic structures and properties of in-plane transition-metal dichalcogenides quantum wells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Wei, Wei ^a   Dai, Ying ^a   Niu, Chengwang ^b   Huang, Baibiao ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84948696896     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17578     Document Type: Article

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