Batch growth of wafer-scale nanocrystalline NbSe2 film for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy

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Issue		Natl Sci Open Volume 4, Number 2, 2025


Article Number		20240043
Number of page(s)		14
Section		Materials Science
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1360/nso/20240043
Published online		09 January 2025

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