First-principles investigation of the atomic and electronic structure of the 4H-SiC(1102)-c (2×2) surface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 24, 2008, Pages

  Baumeier, Björn ^a   Krüger, Peter ^a   Pollmann, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

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EID: 58149473307     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.245318     Document Type: Article

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