Toward resolution of the silicon dicarbide (SiC2) saga: Ab initio excursions in the web of polytopism

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1195-1211

  Nielsen, Ida M B ^a   Allen, Wesley D ^a,c   Császár, Attila G ^b   Schaefer III, Henry F ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000985588     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.474612     Document Type: Article

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