Ab initio calculation of binding and diffusion of a Ga adatom on the surface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1499-1505

  LePage, J ^a   Alouani, M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000631643     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.1499     Document Type: Article

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