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Comprehensive analysis of the phase stability, optoelectronic, mechanical, thermodynamic, and vibrational properties for prospective optoelectronic applications of novel combinations of chalcogenides XScTe2 (X = Li, Rb) by employing density functional theory

R. M. Arif Khalil, Muhammad Iqbal Hussain, Shumaila Zafar, Rabail Fatima, Nouf H. Alotaibi, Saikh Mohammad, Fayyaz Hussain, Ayesha Asma, Jamal Abdul Nasir

Journal of Materials Science· Volume 59· Issue 19
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