Surface reconstructions and atomic ordering in Inx Ga1-x As (001) films: A density-functional theory study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 24, 2006, Pages

  Chakrabarti, Aparna ^a   Kratzer, Peter ^b,c   Scheffler, Matthias ^b  

^a RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 33845766264     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.245328     Document Type: Article

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