Ab initio modeling of layered materials with the CRYSTAL code: An overview

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 224, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 241-250

  Civalleri, Bartolomeo ^a   Ugliengo, Piero ^a   Zicovich Wilson, Claudio M ^b   Dovesi, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b Faculted de Ciencias   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Ab initio modeling; Clays; CRYSTAL code; Hydroxides; Layered materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 68149152293     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.2009.1144     Document Type: Article

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