Conducting mechanism in the epitaxial p -type transparent conducting oxide C r2 O3:Mg

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Farrell, L ^a   Fleischer, K ^a   Caffrey, D ^a   Mullarkey, D ^a   Norton, E ^a   Shvets, I V ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 84924402227     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.125202     Document Type: Article

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