Theoretical predictions of electronic materials and their properties

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 32-37

  Zunger, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

CBM conduction band minimum; EMA effective mass approximation; LAPW linear augmented plane wave; LDA local density approximation; LMTO linear muffin tin orbital; VBM valence band minimum; Hf formation enthalpy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005210038     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(98)80062-4     Document Type: Article

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