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Interface and dimensionality driven engineering of carrier transport and phonon dynamics in MoS2/MWCNT nanocomposites

Simon Sajan John, Mohamed Jibri Khaja Peer, Abinaya Rengarajan, Archana Jayaram, M. Navaneethan

Carbon Letters· Volume 36· Issue 2
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