Prediction of uncompensated polarity in ultrathin films

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Goniakowski, Jacek ^a   Noguera, Claudine ^a   Giordano, Livia ^b  

^a INSTITUT DES NANOSCIENCES DE PARIS   (France)

^b Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia Milan   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIPOLE MOMENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE CHARGE; ZINC OXIDE;

FORMATION ENERGY; NANOSCOPIC SIZE; POLARITY; UNCOMPENSATED POLARITY;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 34547255508     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.205701     Document Type: Article

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