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Journal of Semiconductors, Volume. 44, Issue 4, 042101(2023)

A family of flexible two-dimensional semiconductors: MgMX₂Y₆(M = Ti/Zr/Hf; X = Si/Ge; Y = S/Se/Te)

Junhui Yuan¹, Kanhao Xue^1,2、*, Xiangshui Miao^1,2, and Lei Ye^1,2、**

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¹School of Integrated Circuits, School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

²Hubei Yangtze Memory Laboratories, Wuhan 430205, China

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Junhui Yuan, Kanhao Xue, Xiangshui Miao, Lei Ye. A family of flexible two-dimensional semiconductors: MgMX₂Y₆(M = Ti/Zr/Hf; X = Si/Ge; Y = S/Se/Te)[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2023, 44(4): 042101

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Received: Nov. 1, 2022

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Published Online: Apr. 24, 2023

The Author Email: Xue Kanhao (xkh@hust.edu.cn), Ye Lei (leiye@hust.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1088/1674-4926/44/4/042101

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