Electronic structure of free-standing GaAs/AlGaAs nanowire superlattices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Persson, M P ^a   Xu, H Q ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 33144466115     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.035328     Document Type: Article

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