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Part B: Condensed Matter Physics

Structural and electronic properties of InNxP1-x alloy in full range (0 ≤ x ≤1)

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Pages 991-1005 | Received 12 Oct 2015, Accepted 27 Jan 2016, Published online: 03 Mar 2016

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