Modeling the electronic and geometric structure of nanoalloys

Nanoalloys

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 75-111

  Aguado, Andrés ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-394401-6.00003-5     Document Type: Chapter

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