Single Layer Bismuth Iodide: Computational Exploration of Structural, Electrical, Mechanical and Optical Properties

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Ma, Fengxian ^a   Zhou, Mei ^d   Jiao, Yalong ^a   Gao, Guoping ^a   Gu, Yuantong ^a   Bilic, Ante ^b   Chen, Zhongfang ^c   Du, Aijun ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84948783354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep17558     Document Type: Article

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