Binary alloys of Ge and Te: Order, voids, and the eutectic composition

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Akola, J ^a,b   Jones, R O ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EUTECTICS; GERMANIUM ALLOYS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODELING;

AMORPHOUS STRUCTURES; ATOMIC TYPES; TETRAHEDRAL BONDING ANGLES;

BINARY ALLOYS;

EID: 44349151577     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.205502     Document Type: Article

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