Probing the Atomic Structures of Synthetic Monolayer and Bilayer Hexagonal Boron Nitride Using Electron Microscopy |
Tay, Roland Yingjie
(School of Science, Physics, RMIT University)
Lin, Jinjun (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University) Tsang, Siu Hon (Temasek Laboratories@NTU) McCulloch, Dougal G. (School of Science, Physics, RMIT University) Teo, Edwin Hang Tong (School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University) |
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