Ab initio studies of the electronic structure of defects in PbTe

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  Ahmad, Salameh ^a   Mahanti, S D ^a   Hoang, Khang ^a   Kanatzidis, M G ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33750211067     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.155205     Document Type: Article

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