<trans-title>Mechanical Property of SnSe Single Crystal Prepared <i>via</i> Vertical Bridgman Method</trans-title>

Min JIN; Xudong BAI; Su ZHAO; Rulin ZHANG; Yuqi CHEN; Lina ZHOU

doi:10.15541/jim20200184

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