Quantum-size effects in ultrathin Mg films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Binggeli, N ^a,b   Altarelli, M ^c  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN XFEL GMBH   (Germany)

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EID: 48449096652     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.035438     Document Type: Article

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