Zn vacancy induced green luminescence on non-polar surfaces in ZnO nanostructures

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Fabbri, F ^a   Villani, M ^a   Catellani, A ^a,b   Calzolari, A ^b   Cicero, G ^a,c   Calestani, D ^a   Calestani, G ^d   Zappettini, A ^a   Dierre, B ^e   Sekiguchi, T ^e   Salviati, G ^a  

^a IMEM CNR   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

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EID: 84902094523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05158     Document Type: Article

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