Theoretical study of the (3x2) reconstruction of β-SiC(001)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 1999, Pages

  Pizzagalli, L ^a,c   Catellani, A ^b   Galli, G ^c   Gygi, F ^c   Baratoff, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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