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Perspective On Gallium Nitride

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

Jacques I. Pankove*
Affiliation:
Center for Optoelectronic Computing Systems, Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309-0425 and Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, CO 80401
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Abstract

This paper is a historical review (mostly personal) of some major developments in this wide, direct gap material. It includes key technologies of synthesis, electrical and optical properties and many applications.

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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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