First-principles calculations of the vacancy formation energy in transition and noble metals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 18, 1999, Pages 11693-11703

  Ruban, A V ^b   Skriver, H L ^b   Johansson, B ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 0000150404     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.11693     Document Type: Article

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