Role of electronegativity in semiconductors: Isoelectronic S, Se, and O in ZnTe

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1866-1872

  Seong, M ^a   Alawadhi, H ^a   Miotkowski, I ^a   Ramdas, A ^a   Miotkowska, S ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

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EID: 0005530715     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.62.1866     Document Type: Article

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