Strong piezoelectricity in individual GaN nanowires

MRS Communications

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 45-48

  Minary Jolandan, Majid ^a   Bernal, Rodrigo A ^a   Espinosa, Horacio D ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

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EID: 85011492203     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2011.14     Document Type: Article

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