Fe-catalyzed growth of one-dimensional α-Si3N4 nanostructures and their cathodoluminescence properties

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Huang, Juntong ^a,b   Huang, Zhaohui ^a   Yi, Shuai ^a   Liu, Yan'Gai ^a   Fang, Minghao ^a   Zhang, Shaowei ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84890755518     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep03504     Document Type: Article

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