Tuning of near-infrared luminescence of SrTiO3:Ni2+ thin films grown on piezoelectric PMN-PT via strain engineering

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Bai, Gongxun ^a   Zhang, Yang ^a   Hao, Jianhua ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 84904691254     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05724     Document Type: Article

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