Quantum Monte Carlo study of high-pressure cubic TiO 2

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 26, 2012, Pages

  Abbasnejad, M ^a,b   Shojaee, E ^a   Mohammadizadeh, M R ^a   Alaei, M ^c   Maezono, Ryo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b JAPAN ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANHARMONICITIES; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL STUDY; DIFFUSION MONTE CARLO METHOD; GW APPROXIMATION; INFRARED FREQUENCIES; MEAN-FIELD; QUANTUM MONTE CARLO STUDIES; TIO;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84863304497     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4730608     Document Type: Article

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