Giant photoluminescence emission in crystalline faceted Si grains

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Faraci, Giuseppe ^a   Pennisi, Agata R ^a   Alberti, Alessandra ^b   Ruggeri, Rosa ^b   Mannino, Giovanni ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

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EID: 84884601920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02674     Document Type: Article

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