Influence of the substrate bands on the sp -levels topology of Ag films on Ge(111)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 20, 2009, Pages

  Moras, P ^a   Topwal, D ^b   Sheverdyaeva, P M ^c   Ferrari, L ^d   Fujii, J ^e   Bihlmayer, G ^f   Blugel S ^f   Carbone, C ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^c SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^d ISC CNR   (Italy)

^e LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

^f FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 77954716645     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.205418     Document Type: Article

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