Artificial semiconductor/insulator superlattice channel structure for high-performance oxide thin-film transistors

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Ahn, Cheol Hyoun ^a   Senthil, Karuppanan ^a   Cho, Hyung Koun ^a   Lee, Sang Yeol ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Chongju University   (South Korea)

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EID: 84884916020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02737     Document Type: Article

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