Zhuang, R., Cai, S., Mei, Z., Liang, H., Zhao, N., Mu, H., Yu, W., Jiang, Y., Yuan, J., Lau, S., Deng, S., Han, M., Jin, P., Wang, C., Zhang, G., & Lin, S. (2023). Solution-grown BiI/BiI3 van der Waals heterostructures for sensitive X-ray detection. Nature Communications, 14(1), Article 1621. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37297-z
Zhuang, Renzhong ; Cai, Songhua ; Mei, Zengxia et al. / Solution-grown BiI/BiI3 van der Waals heterostructures for sensitive X-ray detection. In: Nature Communications. 2023 ; Vol. 14, No. 1.
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Solution-grown BiI/BiI3 van der Waals heterostructures for sensitive X-ray detection. / Zhuang, Renzhong; Cai, Songhua; Mei, Zengxia et al.
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Zhuang R, Cai S, Mei Z, Liang H, Zhao N, Mu H et al. Solution-grown BiI/BiI3 van der Waals heterostructures for sensitive X-ray detection. Nature Communications. 2023 Dec;14(1):1621. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-37297-z
