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19 - Synthesis of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides

from Part II

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 June 2017

By
Yumeng Shi  and
Lain-Jong Li
Edited by
Phaedon Avouris ,
Tony F. Heinz  and
Tony Low
Phaedon Avouris
Affiliation:
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, New York
Tony F. Heinz
Affiliation:
Stanford University, California
Tony Low
Affiliation:
University of Minnesota
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2D Materials
Properties and Devices
 , pp. 344 - 358
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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