Amphoteric behavior of arsenic in HgCdTe

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 685-687

  Berding, M A ^a   Sher, A ^a  

^a SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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EID: 0001234482     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.122987     Document Type: Article

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