Unusual structural relaxation for rare-earth impurities in sapphire: Ab initio study of lanthanum

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 5615-5618

  Verdozzi, C ^a,b,c   Jennison, D R ^a   Schultz, P A ^a   Sears, M P ^a   Barbour, J C ^a   Potter, B G ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0001377285     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.5615     Document Type: Article

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