Mechanisms of Diffusion of Boron Impurities in [Formula presented]

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 4-

  Otani, Minoru ^a   Shiraishi, Kenji ^a   Oshiyama, Atsushi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

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EID: 85038334375     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.075901     Document Type: Article

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