Computational design of Si Si O2 interfaces: Stress and strain on the atomic scale

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Korkin, Anatoli ^a   Greer, J C ^b   Bersuker, Gennadi ^c   Karasiev, Valentin V ^d   Bartlett, Rodney J ^d  

^a Nano and Giga Solutions   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c SEMATECH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 33645763968     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.165312     Document Type: Article

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