Structural, electronic, and optical properties of NiAl3: First-principles calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Saniz, R ^a   Ye, Lin Hui ^a   Shishidou, T ^a,b   Freeman, A J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 33746549687     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.014209     Document Type: Article

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