Silicon nanocrystal growth under irradiation of electron beam

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Huang, Wei Qi ^a   Liu, Shi Rong ^b   Huang, Zhong Mei ^c   Dong, Tai Ge ^a   Wang, Gang ^a   Qin, Cao Jian ^b  

^a GUIZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84948455959     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16682     Document Type: Article

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