Charge self-regulation upon changing the oxidation state of transition metals in insulators

Nature

Volumn 453, Issue 7196, 2008, Pages 763-766

  Raebiger, Hannes ^a   Lany, Stephan ^a   Zunger, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ELECTRIC FIELD; INSULATION; IONIZATION; MAGNETIZATION; OXIDATION; PERTURBATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TRANSITION ELEMENT; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL; HOMEOSTASIS; INSULATOR ELEMENT; IONIZATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SEMICONDUCTOR; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 44849143659     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07009     Document Type: Article

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