First-principles study of β-AIN thin films on β-SiC(001)

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 74, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2137-2139

  Di Felice, R ^a   Bertoni, C M ^a   Catellani, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; FILM GROWTH; SILICON CARBIDE; SURFACE PHENOMENA; THIN FILMS;

ALUMINUM NITRIDE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY (DFT); SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0032621868     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.123814     Document Type: Article

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