Atomic and electronic structures of 4d transition-metal nitrides

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  De Paiva, R ^a   Nogueira, R A ^a   Alves, J L A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO JOÃO DEL REI   (Brazil)

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EID: 33846903527     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.085105     Document Type: Article

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