Manipulating Mn-Mgk cation complexes to control the charge- and spin-state of Mn in GaN

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Devillers, Thibaut ^a   Rovezzi, Mauro ^b   Szwacki, Nevill Gonzalez ^c   Dobkowska, Sylwia ^d   Stefanowicz, Wiktor ^d   Sztenkiel, Dariusz ^d   Grois, Andreas ^a   Suffczyński, Jan ^c   Navarro Quezada, Andrea ^a   Faina, Bogdan ^a   Li, Tian ^a   Glatzel, Pieter ^b   D'Acapito, Francesco ^e   Jakieła, Rafa ^d   Sawicki, Maciej ^d   Majewski, Jacek A ^c   Dietl, Tomasz ^c,d   Bonanni, Alberta ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^e OGG   (France)

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EID: 84923929030     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00722     Document Type: Article

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