Stabilities and reconstructions of PbTe crystal surfaces from density-functional theory

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 46, 2013, Pages 24455-24461

  Deringer, Volker L ^a   Dronskowski, Richard ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; CRYSTAL SURFACES; CRYSTALLITE SHAPES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES SIMULATIONS; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; HYBRID FUNCTIONAL; WULFF CONSTRUCTION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS;

REPAIR;

EID: 84888595016     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408699a     Document Type: Article

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