Unraveling effects of disorder on the electronic structure of SiO2 from first principles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Martin Samos, Layla ^a,b   Bussi, Giovanni ^a,b   Ruini, Alice ^a,b   Molinari, Elisa ^a,b   Caldas, Marília J ^c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 77954876250     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.081202     Document Type: Article

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