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Morphology of 2D Materials and Their Heterostructures

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The morphological structure of materials and devices is often linked closely with the mechanical integrity and other such properties of devices.

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Kay, N.D. (2018). Morphology of 2D Materials and Their Heterostructures. In: Nanomechanical and Nanoelectromechanical Phenomena in 2D Atomic Crystals. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70181-3_4

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