Theoretical study of the thermal behavior of free and alumina-supported Fe-C nanoparticles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Jiang, Aiqin ^a   Awasthi, Neha ^a   Kolmogorov, Aleksey N ^a   Setyawan, Wahyu ^a   Börjesson, Anders ^b,c   Bolton, Kim ^b,c   Harutyunyan, Avetik R ^d   Curtarolo, Stefano ^a  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BORÅS   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Honda R&D Americas Inc   (United States)

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EID: 34347341649     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.205426     Document Type: Article

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