Towards predictive modeling of near-edge structures in electron energy-loss spectra of AlN-based ternary alloys

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 16, 2011, Pages

  Holec, D ^a,b   Rachbauer, R ^a   Kiener, D ^a,c   Cherns, P D ^b   Costa, P M F J ^b,d   McAleese, C ^b   Mayrhofer, P H ^a   Humphreys, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

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EID: 79961119914     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.165122     Document Type: Article

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