Journal of Synthetic Crystals, Volume. 49, Issue 8, 1541(2020)
Effect of High Temperature Annealing on Sapphire-based Aluminum Nitride Templates Fabricated by DC Reactive Magnetron Sputtering
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LIU Huan, ZHU Ruzhong, GONG Jianchao, WANG Qikun, FU Danyang, LEI Dan, HUANG Jiali, WU Liang. Effect of High Temperature Annealing on Sapphire-based Aluminum Nitride Templates Fabricated by DC Reactive Magnetron Sputtering[J]. Journal of Synthetic Crystals, 2020, 49(8): 1541
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Published Online: Nov. 11, 2020
The Author Email: Liang WU (lwu@shu.edu.cn)
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