Layered compound Nb3SiC2 predicted from first-principles theory

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3071-3073

  Grechnev, A ^a   Li, S ^a   Ahuja, R ^a   Eriksson, O ^a   Jansson, U ^a   Wilhelmsson, O ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BINDING ENERGY; CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; GROUND STATE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIN FILMS; VECTORS;

COVALENT BONDS; DENSITY OF STATES; FIRST PRINCIPLES THEORY; FORMATION ENERGY;

NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 8744222394     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1791734     Document Type: Article

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