Amphoteric properties of substitutional carbon impurity in GaN and AIN

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-235

  Boguslawski P ^a,b   Briggs, E L ^a   Bernholc, J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

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EID: 0001799977     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.117934     Document Type: Article

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