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Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, Volume. 38, Issue 7, 892(2023)

Challenges and potential solutions of Ⅲ-nitride based Micro-LEDs

Waqar AZEEM1,2, Zhao-jun LIU1,2、*, and Gui-yue FU1
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  • 1Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering，Southern University of Science and Technology，Shenzhen 518055，China
  • 2Institute of Physics，The Islamia University of Bahawalpur，Bahawalpur 63100，Pakistan
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    Waqar AZEEM, Zhao-jun LIU, Gui-yue FU. Challenges and potential solutions of Ⅲ-nitride based Micro-LEDs[J]. Chinese Journal of Liquid Crystals and Displays, 2023, 38(7): 892

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    Received: Nov. 15, 2022

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    Published Online: Jul. 31, 2023

    The Author Email: Zhao-jun LIU (liuzj@sustech.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.37188/CJLCD.2022-0270

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