Changes of the geometry and band structure of SiC along the orthorhombic high-pressure transition path between the zinc-blende and rocksalt structures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 641071-641079

  Miao, M S ^a   Prikhodko, Margarita ^a   Lambrecht, Walter R L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON CARBIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; DENSITY; ENERGY; ENTHALPY; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; GEOMETRY; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 0036696537     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.66.064107     Document Type: Article

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