First-principles calculations of dielectric and optical properties of MgB2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Balassis, A ^a   Chulkov, E V ^a,b   Echenique, P M ^a,b   Silkin, V M ^a,b  

^a DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 57649084782     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.224502     Document Type: Article

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