Tuning the Electronic Structure of Anatase Through Fluorination

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Corradini, Dario ^a,b   Dambournet, Damien ^a   Salanne, Mathieu ^a  

^a Université Pierre et Marie Curie Tour   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

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EID: 84933056656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11553     Document Type: Article

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