Molten Salt Synthesis of Nanolaminated Sc2SnC MAX Phase

Youbing LI; Yanqing QIN; Ke CHEN; Lu CHEN; Xiao ZHANG; Haoming DING; Mian LI; Yiming ZHANG; Shiyu DU; Zhifang CHAI; Qing HUANG

doi:10.15541/jim20200529

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