• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 40, Issue 1, 012804 (2019)
Tongchuan Ma, Xuanhu Chen, Fangfang Ren, Shunming Zhu, Shulin Gu, Rong Zhang, Youdou Zheng, and Jiandong Ye
Author Affiliations
  • Research Institute of Shenzhen and School of Electronics Science and Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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    Tongchuan Ma, Xuanhu Chen, Fangfang Ren, Shunming Zhu, Shulin Gu, Rong Zhang, Youdou Zheng, Jiandong Ye. Heteroepitaxial growth of thick α-Ga2O3 film on sapphire (0001) by MIST-CVD technique[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2019, 40(1): 012804 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Tongchuan Ma, Xuanhu Chen, Fangfang Ren, Shunming Zhu, Shulin Gu, Rong Zhang, Youdou Zheng, Jiandong Ye. Heteroepitaxial growth of thick α-Ga2O3 film on sapphire (0001) by MIST-CVD technique[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2019, 40(1): 012804
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