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Research progress in two-dimensional materials

De-Bing Long, Hongyun Zhao, Jirong Zhang, Yawen Lei, Zhishan Zhou, Shuli Zhang, Ziying Yue, Shan Peng, Xiaolin Wu

Journal of Materials Science· Volume 60· Issue 40
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