Surface phase diagram for Cr2O3(0001): Ab initio density functional study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 20, 2003, Pages

  Wang, Xiao Gang ^a   Smith, John R ^a  

^a DELPHI CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; OXIDE; OXYGEN;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; DENSITY; OXYGEN TENSION; SOLID; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORY;

EID: 9644294874     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.201402     Document Type: Article

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