Local chemical states and microstructure of photoluminescent porous silicon studied by means of EELS and TEM

Micron

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 429-434

  Song, M ^a   Fukuda, Y ^a   Furuya, K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

EELS; Local chemical state; Photoluminescence; Porous Si; TEM

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034017620     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-4328(99)00120-1     Document Type: Article

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