Modeling noncrystalline materials: Use of vibrational spectra as a protocol for validation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Gaspari, F ^a   Kupchak, I M ^a,b   Shkrebtii, A I ^a   Perz, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

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EID: 67650149462     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.224203     Document Type: Article

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