Nitrogen-driven to transformation in carbon nitride materials

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 1998, Pages R3185-R3188

  Hu, Jiangtao ^a   Yang, Peidong ^a   Lieber, Charles M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000364612     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.R3185     Document Type: Article

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