Electronic structure and bonding of intergranular glassy films in polycrystalline Si3N4: Ab initio studies and classical molecular dynamics simulations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 23, 2005, Pages

  Rulis, P ^a   Chen, J ^a   Ouyang, L ^a   Ching, W Y ^a   Su, X ^b   Garofalini, S H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 28344445537     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.235317     Document Type: Article

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