Reduction in defect density by annealing in hydrogenated tetrahedral amorphous carbon

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 2456-2458

  Conway, N M J ^a   Ilie, A ^a   Robertson, J ^a   Milne, W I ^a   Tagliaferro, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

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EID: 0001152546     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.122480     Document Type: Article

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