Effects of atomic relaxation on phonon dispersion relations and thermal properties of ultrathin (Si)n(Ge)n[001] superlattices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Thomas, Iorwerth O ^a   Srivastava, G P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84874539400     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.085410     Document Type: Article

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