Iodine-assisted ultrafast growth of high-quality monolayer MoS2 with sulfur-terminated edges

Special Topic: Two-dimensional Materials and Devices

Open Access

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


Article Number		20230009
Number of page(s)		12
Section		Materials Science
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1360/nso/20230009
Published online		01 June 2023

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