Carbon fluoride, CFx: Structural diversity as predicted by first principles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6514-6521

  Goyenola, C ^a   Stafstrom S ^a   Schmidt, S ^a   Hultman, L ^a   Gueorguiev, G K ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CALCULATIONS; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYMER FILMS;

CARBON FLUORIDES; FIRST PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; GRAPHENE LIKES; STATISTICAL APPROACH; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY; STRUCTURAL FORMATION; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

CARBON FILMS;

EID: 84897454248     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500653c     Document Type: Article

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