Variable-range hopping conduction in epitaxial CrN(001)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Zhang, X Y ^a   Chawla, J S ^a   Howe, B M ^b   Gall, D ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

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EID: 79961090438     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.165205     Document Type: Article

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