Electron-phonon coupling is large for localized states

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 24, 2004, Pages

  Atta Fynn, Raymond ^a   Biswas, Parthapratim ^a   Drabold, D A ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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SILICON;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON; ENERGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHONON; THERMAL STIMULATION; VIBRATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 37649028244     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.245204     Document Type: Article

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