Quantum confinement effect in high quality nanostructured Ce O2 thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Nie, Jia Cai ^a   Hua, Zhen Yong ^a   Dou, Rui Fen ^a   Tu, Qing Yun ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; QUANTUM THEORY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 40849106660     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2841719     Document Type: Article

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