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On the identification of the oxygen vacancy in HfO(2) (2011)
Journal Article
Clark, S., Lin, L., & Robertson, J. (2011). On the identification of the oxygen vacancy in HfO(2). Microelectronic Engineering, 88(7), 1464-1466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mee.2011.03.078

The single positively charge oxygen vacancy in HfO2 is found to undergo a symmetry breaking distortion to a C2v symmetry, driven by electron localization, which is consistent with the experimentally observed electron spin resonance signal. This compl... Read More about On the identification of the oxygen vacancy in HfO(2).

Ab initio transition state searching in complex systems: Fatty acid decarboxylation in minerals (2011)
Journal Article
Geatches, D., Greenwell, H., & Clark, S. (2011). Ab initio transition state searching in complex systems: Fatty acid decarboxylation in minerals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 115(12), 2658-2667. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp200106x

Because of the importance of mineral catalyzed decarboxylation reactions in both crude oil formation and, increasingly, biofuel production, we present a model study into the decarboxylation of the shortest fatty acid, propionic acid C2H5COOH, into an... Read More about Ab initio transition state searching in complex systems: Fatty acid decarboxylation in minerals.