Amorphous HfO2 and Hf1-x Six O via a melt-and-quench scheme using ab initio molecular dynamics

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Scopel, Wanderlã L ^a   Da Silva, Antônio J R ^b   Fazzio, A ^b,c  

^a FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

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EID: 43449116069     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.172101     Document Type: Article

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