Two-dimensional material-assisted remote epitaxy and van der Waals epitaxy: a review

Special Topic: Two-dimensional Materials and Devices

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Review

Issue		Natl Sci Open Volume 2, Number 4, 2023 Special Topic: Two-dimensional Materials and Devices


Article Number		20220068
Number of page(s)		17
Section		Physics
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1360/nso/20220068
Published online		03 July 2023

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