Density functional theory study of Pt-induced Ge(001) reconstructions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Vanpoucke, Danny E P ^a   Brocks, Geert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77954827657     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.035333     Document Type: Article

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