Electronic and structural properties of bulk γ-Al2O3

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1193-1197

  Mo, Shang Di ^a   Xu, Yong Nian ^a   Ching, Wai Yim ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

GAMMA ALUMINA;

ALUMINA;

EID: 0031146778     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1997.tb02963.x     Document Type: Article

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