Structure Models for γ-Aluminum Oxynitride from Ab Initio Calculations

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2633-2637

  Fang, Chang Ming ^a   Metselaar, Rudi ^a   Hintzen, Hubertus T ^a   De With, Gijsbertus ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEGATIVE IONS; POSITIVE IONS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ALUMINUM OXYNITRIDE; CONSTANT ANION MODEL; CONSTANT CATION MODEL; FACE-CENTERED SUBLATTICE;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0035526530     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.2001.tb01064.x     Document Type: Article

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