Excitons at the (001) surface of anatase: Spatial behavior and optical signatures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Giorgi, Giacomo ^a   Palummo, Maurizia ^b   Chiodo, Letizia ^c   Yamashita, Koichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

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EID: 80052411043     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.073404     Document Type: Article

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