Chemically engineered dendrite growth of uniform monolayers MoS2 for enhanced photoluminescence [Invited]

Huanhuan Su; Huizhen Zhang; Wenjing Wu; Xiang Wang; Guanghou Wang; Lin Zhou

doi:10.3788/COL202220.011602

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