Theory of systematic absence of nacl-type (β-sn–type) high pressure phases in covalent (ionic) semiconductors

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 767-770

  Ozolins V ^a   Zunger, Alex ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; IONIC CONDUCTION IN SOLIDS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHONONS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIN; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

COVALENT SEMICONDUCTOR; DYNAMICAL PHONON INSTABILITIES;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 17944396666     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.82.767     Document Type: Article

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