Photoconductivity of nitrogen-modified hydrogenated tetrahedral amorphous carbon

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 789-794

  Ilie, A ^a   Harel, O ^a   Conway, N M J ^a   Yagi, T ^a   Robertson, J ^a   Milne, W I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001193697     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.371942     Document Type: Article

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