Structural and electronic properties of ideal nitride/Al interfaces

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 4849-4856

  Picozzi, S ^a   Continenza, A ^a   Massidda, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

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EID: 0142022340     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.4849     Document Type: Article

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