Evolutionary crystal structure prediction as a tool in materials design

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Oganov, Artem R ^a,b   Glass, Colin W ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; ATOMS; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; MAGNESIUM COMPOUNDS;

MATERIALS DESIGN; USPEX;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 43049143919     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/6/064210     Document Type: Article

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