Order, miscibility, and electronic structure of Ag (Bi,Sb ) Te2 alloys and (Ag,Bi,Sb)Te precipitates in rocksalt matrix: A first-principles study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Barabash, S V ^a   Ozolins, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77954838749     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.075212     Document Type: Article

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