Ab initio study of the structural, electronic, and phononic properties of Nb1-x Mox using the self-consistent virtual-crystal approximation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  De La Pena Seaman O ^a,b   De Coss, R ^a   Heid, R ^b   Bohnen, K P ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 36249019302     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.174205     Document Type: Article

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