Atomic structure determination of the 3C -SiC(001) c (4×2) surface reconstruction: Experiment and theory

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Tejeda, A ^a,b,c,i   Wimmer, E ^d,e   Soukiassian, P ^b,c,f   Dunham, D ^f,g   Rotenberg, E ^h   Denlinger, J D ^h   Michel, E G ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO NICOLÁS CABRERA   (Spain)

^b DIF   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d Materials Design Inc   (United States)

^e Materials Design Inc   (France)

^f NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^h LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

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EID: 34347355470     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.195315     Document Type: Article

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