Self-trapping and diffusion of hydrogen in Nb and Ta from first principles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 22, 2004, Pages

  Sundell, Per G ^a   Wahnström, Göran ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NIOBIUM; THALLIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DIFFUSION; ENERGY; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHONON; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SMALL POLARON THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL; VIBRATION;

EID: 13844275329     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.224301     Document Type: Article

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