Molecular dynamics study of structural, mechanical, and vibrational properties of crystalline and amorphous Ga1-xInxAs alloys

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3840-3848

  Branicio, Paulo S ^a,b   Rino, Jose P ^b   Shimojo, Fuyuki ^a,c   Kalia, Rajiv K ^a   Nakano, Aiichiro ^a   Vashishta, Priya ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^c KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS ALLOYS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHONONS; RAMAN SCATTERING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AMORPHOUS PHASE;

SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

EID: 0141921430     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1601691     Document Type: Article

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