Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of Mn-doped Ge nanowires by ab initio calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Arantes, J T ^a   Da Silva, Antônio J R ^a   Fazzio, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 33947138678     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.115113     Document Type: Article

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