Environmentally benign technology for efficient warm-white light emission

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Shen, Pin Chun ^a   Lin, Ming Shiun ^a   Lin, Ching Fuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 84902449749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05307     Document Type: Article

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