Structural and compositional dependences of the schottky barrier in (formula presented) and (110) junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 8054-8064

  Bardi, J ^a   Binggeli, N ^a   Baldereschi, A ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0001481115     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.8054     Document Type: Article

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