Erratum : Exciton and core-level electron confinement effects in transparent ZnO thin films (Scientific Reports (2013) 3 (1714) DOI: 10.1038/srep01714);Exciton and core-level electron confinement effects in transparent ZnO thin films

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Mosquera, Adolfo A ^a   Horwat, David ^b   Rashkovskiy, Alexandr ^d   Kovalev, Anatoly ^d   Miska, Patrice ^c   Wainstein, Dmitry ^d   Albella, Jose M ^a   Endrino, Jose L ^e  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c INSTITUT JEAN LAMOUR   (France)

^d Surface Phenomena Researches Group   (Russian Federation)

^e ABENGOA RESEARCH   (Spain)

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EID: 84877742223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12101     Document Type: Erratum

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