Structural, thermodynamic, and electronic properties of plutonium oxides from first principles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Jomard, Gérald ^a   Amadon, Bernard ^a   Bottin, François ^a   Torrent, Marc ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

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EID: 50949117535     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.075125     Document Type: Article

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