On-chip fabrication of high performance nanostructured ZnO UV detectors

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Alenezi, Mohammad R ^a,b   Henley, Simon J ^a   Silva, S R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

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EID: 84923332617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep08516     Document Type: Article

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