Controllable electronic and magnetic properties in a two-dimensional germanene heterostructure

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 12169-12174

  Zhang, Run Wu ^a   Ji, Wei Xiao ^a   Zhang, Chang Wen ^a   Li, Sheng Shi ^b   Li, Ping ^a   Wang, Pei Ji ^a   Li, Feng ^a   Ren, Miao Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

^b SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84966297253     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6cp00108d     Document Type: Article

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