Theoretical investigation of PtSi surface energies and work functions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 19, 2006, Pages

  Niranjan, Manish K ^a   Zollner, Stefan ^b   Kleinman, Leonard ^a   Demkov, Alexander A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC   (United States)

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EID: 33744463872     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.195332     Document Type: Article

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