Composition and strain dependence of band offsets at metamorphic Inx Ga1-x As Iny Al1-y As heterostructures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 20, 2005, Pages

  Stroppa, A ^a,b   Peressi, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

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EID: 28744441825     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.205303     Document Type: Article

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