Strain-induced ordering in InxGa1-xN alloys

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 4274-4276

  Teles, L K ^a   Ferreira, L G ^a,c   Leite, J R ^a   Scolfaro, L M R ^a   Kharchenko, A ^b   Husberg, O ^b   As, D J ^b   Schikora, D ^b   Lischka, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GROUND STATE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE SEPARATION; STRAIN; SUPERLATTICES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

STRAIN-INDUCED ORDERING;

INDIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0038112198     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1583854     Document Type: Article

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