Hydrogen and magnesium incorporation on c -plane and m -plane GaN surfaces

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Northrup, John E ^a  

^a PALO ALTO RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 38349162885     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.045313     Document Type: Article

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