First-principles study of hydrogenated amorphous silicon

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Jarolimek, K ^a,b   De Groot, R A ^b   De Wijs, G A ^b   Zeman, M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 66049102091     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.155206     Document Type: Article

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