Determination of valence-band offset at cubic CdSe/ZnTe type-II heterojunctions: A combined experimental and theoretical approach

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 19, 2012, Pages

  Mourad, Daniel ^a   Richters, Jan Peter ^b   Gérard, Lionel ^b   André, Régis ^b   Bleuse, Joël ^b   Mariette, Henri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

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EID: 84869074589     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.195308     Document Type: Article

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