Density-functional study of small interstitial clusters in Si: Comparison with experiments

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 15, 2005, Pages

  Carvalho, A ^a   Jones, R ^b   Coutinho, J ^a   Briddon, P R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 29744433280     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.155208     Document Type: Article

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