Ab initio structural predictions for ultrathin aluminum oxide films on metallic substrates

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 24, 1999, Pages R15605-R15608

  Jennison, D R ^a   Verdozzi, C ^a   Schultz, P A ^a   Sears, M P ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 0001171551     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.R15605     Document Type: Article

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