Room temperature reactions involving silicon dangling bond centers and molecular hydrogen in amorphous SiO2 thin films on silicon

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1992, Pages 2186-2191

  Conley, J F ^a   Lenahan, P M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001310775     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: 15581578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/23.211420     Document Type: Article

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