A theoretical study of stability, electronic, and optical properties of GeC and SnC

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 6462-6466

  Pandey, Ravindra ^a   Rérat, Michel ^b   Darrigan, Clovis ^b   Causà, Mauro ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE PAU ET DES PAYS DE L'ADOUR   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

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EID: 0001283997     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1287225     Document Type: Article

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