Laser-induced greenish-blue photoluminescence of mesoporous silicon nanowires

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Choi, Yan Ru ^a   Zheng, Minrui ^b   Bai, Fan ^c   Liu, Junjun ^c   Tok, Eng Soon ^b   Huang, Zhifeng ^c   Sow, Chorng Haur ^b  

^a Hwa Chong Institution   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84900418688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04940     Document Type: Article

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