Ab initio study of boron doping in tetrahedral amorphous carbon

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 12007-12014

  Gambirasio, A ^a   Bernasconi, M ^a  

^a Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia Milan   (Italy)

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EID: 0003238004     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.12007     Document Type: Article

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