Structure-dependent ferroelectricity of niobium clusters (NbN,N=2-52)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 24, 2005, Pages

  Fa, Wei ^a   Luo, Chuanfu ^a   Dong, Jinming ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 28244442435     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.245415     Document Type: Article

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