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    Journals >Nano-Micro Letters >Volume 16 >Issue 1 >Page 163 > Article
    • Nano-Micro Letters
    • Vol. 16, Issue 1, 163 (2024)
    Synthesis and Modulation of Low-Dimensional Transition Metal Chalcogenide Materials via Atomic Substitution
    Xuan Wang1,†, Akang Chen1,†, XinLei Wu1, Jiatao Zhang1,*..., Jichen Dong2,** and Leining Zhang1,***|Show fewer author(s)
    Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Cluster Science, Ministry of Education of China, Beijing Key Laboratory of Photoelectronic and Electrophonic Conversion Materials, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, People’s Republic of China
  • 2Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People’s Republic of China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s40820-024-01378-5 Cite this Article
    Xuan Wang, Akang Chen, XinLei Wu, Jiatao Zhang, Jichen Dong, Leining Zhang. Synthesis and Modulation of Low-Dimensional Transition Metal Chalcogenide Materials via Atomic Substitution[J]. Nano-Micro Letters, 2024, 16(1): 163 Copy Citation Text show less
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