First-principles study of the electronic, optical, and lattice vibrational properties of AgSbTe2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Ye, Lin Hui ^a   Hoang, Khang ^b   Freeman, A J ^a   Mahanti, S D ^b   He, Jian ^c   Tritt, Terry M ^c   Kanatzidis, M G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 45249102856     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.245203     Document Type: Article

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