Electronic properties of structural twin and antiphase boundaries in materials with strong electron-lattice couplings

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 21, 2005, Pages

  Ahn, K H ^a,b   Lookman, T ^a   Saxena, A ^a   Bishop, A R ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 28244499232     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.212102     Document Type: Article

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