Journal of Inorganic Materials, Volume. 35, Issue 2, 199(2020)

Single Crystalline SmB6 Nanostructure Arrays: Controllable Synthesis and Field Emission Property

Tong ZHANG, Zi-Juan LI, Ze-Kun GUO, Yan TIAN, Hao-Jian LIN, Ning-Sheng XU, Jun CHEN, Shao-Zhi DENG*, and Fei LIU*
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  • Guangdong Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Technologies, State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technology, School of Eletronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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    Tong ZHANG, Zi-Juan LI, Ze-Kun GUO, Yan TIAN, Hao-Jian LIN, Ning-Sheng XU, Jun CHEN, Shao-Zhi DENG, Fei LIU. Single Crystalline SmB6 Nanostructure Arrays: Controllable Synthesis and Field Emission Property[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2020, 35(2): 199

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    Category: RESEARCH PAPER

    Received: Feb. 14, 2019

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 27, 2021

    The Author Email: Shao-Zhi DENG (stsdsz@mail.sysu.edu.cn), Fei LIU (liufei@mail.sysu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.15541/jim20190070

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