Stark effect in GaN/AlN nanowire heterostructures: Influence of strain relaxation and surface states

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Camacho Mojica, D ^a   Niquet, Yann Michel ^a  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

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EID: 77955605943     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.195313     Document Type: Article

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