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Title: Rocksalt nitride metal/semiconductor superlattices: A new class of artificially structured materials

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ORCiD logo [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3]
  1. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
  2. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Birck Nanotechnology Center, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
  3. Bradley Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061, USA
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1432910
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CBET-1048616
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Applied Physics Reviews
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Journal Name: Applied Physics Reviews Journal Volume: 5 Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 1931-9401
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Saha, Bivas, Shakouri, Ali, and Sands, Timothy D. Rocksalt nitride metal/semiconductor superlattices: A new class of artificially structured materials. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1063/1.5011972.
Saha, Bivas, Shakouri, Ali, & Sands, Timothy D. Rocksalt nitride metal/semiconductor superlattices: A new class of artificially structured materials. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5011972
Saha, Bivas, Shakouri, Ali, and Sands, Timothy D. Fri . "Rocksalt nitride metal/semiconductor superlattices: A new class of artificially structured materials". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5011972.
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