Semiconductor-homojunction induction in single-crystal GaN nanostructures under a transverse electric field: Ab initio calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Yilmaz, Hulusi ^a   Weiner, Brad R ^a   Morell, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

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EID: 77954821162     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.041312     Document Type: Article

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