Ab initio study of a charged vacancy in yttrium aluminum garnet (Y 3Al5O12)

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 32, 2008, Pages

  Chen, J ^a   Lu, T C ^b   Xu, Y ^a   Xu, A G ^a   Chen, D Q ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS AND COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; GARNETS; LIGHT METALS; SILICATE MINERALS; VACANCIES; YTTRIUM;

AB INITIO STUDIES; YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET;

YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 49049115149     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/32/325212     Document Type: Article

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