Low-temperature growth of layered molybdenum disulphide with controlled clusters

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Mun, Jihun ^a,b   Kim, Yeongseok ^a,b   Kang, Il Suk ^c   Lim, Sung Kyu ^c   Lee, Sang Jun ^b   Kim, Jeong Won ^b   Park, Hyun Min ^d   Kim, Taesung ^a   Kang, Sang Woo ^b,e  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^e University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84959449465     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep21854     Document Type: Article

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