Relaxed and strained patterned germanium-tin structures: A Raman scattering study

ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Cheng, Ran ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Gong, Xiao ^a   Sun, Linfeng ^b   Guo, Pengfei ^a   Hu, Hailong ^b   Shen, Zexiang ^b   Han, Genquan ^a   Yeo, Yee Chia ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84881563975     PISSN: 21628769     EISSN: 21628777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/2.013304jss     Document Type: Article

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