Synthesis and characterization of vertically standing MoS2 nanosheets

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Li, Han ^a   Wu, Huaqiang ^a,b   Yuan, Shuoguo ^c   Qian, He ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA NATIONAL LABORATORY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84958999254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21171     Document Type: Article

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