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Electronic and optical properties of a-Si1-xCx films prepared from a H2-diluted mixture of SiH4 and CH4

S. H. Baker Carnegie Laboratory of Physics, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland
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W. E. Spear Carnegie Laboratory of Physics, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland
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R. A. G. Gibson Carnegie Laboratory of Physics, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland
Pages 213-223 | Received 24 Apr 1989, Accepted 17 Aug 1989, Published online: 20 Aug 2006

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