Morphology and crystalline property of an AlN single crystal grown on AlN seed

Li Zhang; Haitao Qi; Hongjuan Cheng; Yuezeng Shi; Zhanpin Lai; Muchang Luo

doi:10.1088/1674-4926/42/5/052101

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