Unintentional doping in GaN

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Volumn 14, Issue 27, 2012, Pages 9558-9573

  Zhu, Tongtong ^a   Oliver, Rachel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84862880245     PISSN: 14639076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c2cp40998d     Document Type: Review

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