Critical concentration for the doping-induced metal-nonmetal transition in cubic and hexagonal GaN

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 2550-2555

  Ferreira Da Silva, A ^a   Persson, C ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL CONCENTRATION; DOPED MATERIALS; HEXAGONAL GAN; HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; METAL-NONMETAL TRANSITION; MOTT-HUBBARD MODEL; NONMETALLIC PHASIS; P-TYPE; P-TYPE GAN; TOTAL ENERGY;

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS;

GALLIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 0036732145     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1499202     Document Type: Article

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