Effect of N2 and H2 plasma treatments on band edge emission of ZnO microrods

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Rodrigues, Joana ^a   Holz, Tiago ^a   Allah, Rabie Fath ^b   Gonzalez, David ^b   Ben, Teresa ^b   Correia, Maria R ^a   Monteiro, Teresa ^a   Costa, Florinda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

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EID: 84934880886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10783     Document Type: Article

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