Surface properties of metastable alumina: A comparative study of κ- and α − Al2O3

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 19, 2003, Pages

  Ruberto, C ^a   Yourdshahyan, Y ^b   Lundqvist, B I ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHASE TRANSITION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 85038986345     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.195412     Document Type: Article

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