Ab initio theory of phase stability and structural selectivity in Fe-Pd alloys

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Chepulskii, Roman V ^a,d   Barabash, Sergey V ^b,e   Zunger, Alex ^c  

^a USA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Grandis Inc   (United States)

^e Intermolecular Inc   (United States)

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EID: 84860242796     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.144201     Document Type: Article

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