First-principles study of the stability of BN and C

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 17, 2001, Pages

  Janotti, A ^a   Wei, S H ^a   Singh, D J ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON DERIVATIVE; CARBON;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DENSITY; ENERGY; MELTING POINT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0035499028     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.174107     Document Type: Article

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