First-principles calculations of SiC(001) surface core level shifts

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 1902-1904

  Catellani, Alessandra ^a   Galli, Giulia ^b   Gygi, François ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT ROMAND DE RECHERCHE NUMÉRIQUE EN PHYSIQUE DES MATÉRIAUX IRRMA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0001409868     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121221     Document Type: Article

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