First-principles theory of metal-alkaline earth oxide interfaces

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 23, 2006, Pages

  Nuñez, Matías ^a   Nardelli, Marco Buongiorno ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 33745293707     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.235422     Document Type: Article

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