Trapping and release of impurities in TiN: A first-principles study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Tsetseris, L ^a,b   Kalfagiannis, N ^a   Logothetidis, S ^a   Pantelides, S T ^b,c  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 53849086850     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.094111     Document Type: Article

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