Aggregation of interstitial copper atoms
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J.E. Lowther
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Article
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2010
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Elsevier Science
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English
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The formation energy of metastable Cu aggregates consisting of one to four interstitial Cu atoms is examined using ab initio electronic structure theory. Localized vibration energies are calculated for two aggregates. These are a substitutional and interstitial Cu pair and three interstitial Cu atom