Stability and electronic confinement of free-standing InP nanowires: Ab initio calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 19, 2005, Pages

  Schmidt, T M ^a   Miwa, R H ^a   Venezuela, P ^b   Fazzio, A ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 29744458730     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.193404     Document Type: Article

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