Bandstructure approach to near edge structure

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-44

  Paxton, A T ^a   Craven, A J ^b   Gregg, J M ^a   McComb, D W ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bandstructure; Carbon nitride; Density of states; Zirconia

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE;

'CURRENT; BANDSTRUCTURE; DENSITIES OF STATE; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL-THEORY; ELECTRON APPROXIMATION; FINAL-STATE EFFECTS; NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE; ONE-ELECTRON THEORY; STATE OF THE ART; TRANSITION STATE;

ZIRCONIA;

YTTRIUM; ZIRCONIUM OXIDE;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; CALCULATION; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL BOND; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY;

EID: 0037395731     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2818.2003.01182.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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