• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 43, Issue 4, 042101 (2022)
Menglin Huang, Zhengneng Zheng, Zhenxing Dai, Xinjing Guo, Shanshan Wang, Lilai Jiang, Jinchen Wei, and Shiyou Chen
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  • Key Laboratory of Computational Physical Sciences (MOE), and State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System, School of Microelectronics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/43/4/042101 Cite this Article
    Menglin Huang, Zhengneng Zheng, Zhenxing Dai, Xinjing Guo, Shanshan Wang, Lilai Jiang, Jinchen Wei, Shiyou Chen. DASP: Defect and Dopant ab-initio Simulation Package[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2022, 43(4): 042101 Copy Citation Text show less
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    Menglin Huang, Zhengneng Zheng, Zhenxing Dai, Xinjing Guo, Shanshan Wang, Lilai Jiang, Jinchen Wei, Shiyou Chen. DASP: Defect and Dopant ab-initio Simulation Package[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2022, 43(4): 042101
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