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Title: Doping the Undopable: Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy Growth, n-Type Doping, and Field-Effect Transistor Using CaSnO 3
Award ID(s):
2039380 2235208 2011401
NSF-PAR ID:
10488989
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
American Chemical Society
Date Published:
Journal Name:
ACS Nano
Volume:
17
Issue:
17
ISSN:
1936-0851
Page Range / eLocation ID:
16912 to 16922
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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