Efficient and reliable method for the simulation of scanning tunneling images and spectra with local basis sets

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 243, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1080-1094

  Paz, Óscar ^a   Soler, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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EID: 33646128477     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.200541453     Document Type: Conference Paper

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