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The present study elucidates the correlation between the structural and optical properties of GaN nanowires grown on Si(111) substrate by plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy (PA-MBE) technique under various growth conditions. GaN NWs…
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Electrical properties of multilayer arrays of germanium nanoclusters grown on the silicon (001) surface at low temperature have been studied. A correlation between the quantum dot (QD) density estimated from STM and the charge accumulated…
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