Topology of amorphous gallium arsenide on intermediate length scales: A molecular dynamics study

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 7708-7711

  Ebbsjö, Ingvar ^a,b   Kalia, Rajiv K ^a   Nakano, Aiichiro ^a   Rino, Jose P ^a,c   Vashishta, Priya ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

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EID: 0000509507     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.373445     Document Type: Article

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