Excitonic Effects and Energy Upconversion in Bulk and Nanostructured ZnO
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.............................................................................................................. iii Populärvetenskaplig sammanfattning ................................................................v Preface ................................................................................................................ vii Acknowledgement............................................................................................. xiii Part I. A general introduction to the research field .........................................1
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