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Probe Type II Band Alignment in One-Dimensional Van Der Waals Heterostructures Using First-Principles Calculations
Published on: October 12, 2019
Independent tuning of electronic levels in pentacene by site-specific substitution
Begoña Milián Medina1, John E Anthony, Johannes Gierschner
1Institut de Ciència Molecular ICMOL, University of Valencia, P.O. Box 22085, 46071 Valencia, Spain.
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