Dielectric properties and Raman spectra of ZnO from a first principles finite-differences/finite-fields approach

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Calzolari, Arrigo ^a,b   Nardelli, Marco Buongiorno ^b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

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EID: 84886255530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02999     Document Type: Article

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