Surface conductivity on hydrogen-terminated nanocrystalline diamond: Implication of ordered water layers

Crystal Growth and Design

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2298-2301

  Sommer, Andrei P ^a   Zhu, Dan ^a   Brühne, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

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EID: 36549090545     PISSN: 15287483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cg070610b     Document Type: Conference Paper

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