journal article·2026-06

Effects of different growth systems on impurity characteristics in AlN crystals

Ruixian Yu, Gang Zhao, Wenjing Tang, Kai Jiang, Lei Zhang, Wei Xia

Applied Physics A· Volume 132· Issue 6
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