First-principles calculations of optical properties: Application to silicon clusters

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 15, 1997, Pages 9719-9725

  Noguez, Cecilia ^a   Ulloa, Sergio E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001618490     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.9719     Document Type: Article

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