Journal of Synthetic Crystals, Volume. 49, Issue 11, 2128(2020)

Progress in Homoepitaxial Growth of 4HSiC Semiconductor

FENG Gan, SUN Yongqiang, QIAN Weining, and CHEN Zhixia
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