Numerical investigation of the stability of Ag-Cu nanorods and nanowires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Delogu, Francesco ^a   Arca, Elisabetta ^b   Mulas, Gabriele ^b   Manai, Giuseppe ^c   Shvets, Igor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 47349118921     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.024103     Document Type: Article

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