Molecular dynamics study of zinc-blende GaN, AlN and InN

Molecular Simulation

Volumn 23, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 327-341

  Benkabou, F ^a   Aourag, H ^a   Becker, Pierre J ^b   Certier, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIDI BEL ABBES   (Algeria)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^c Laboratoire de Spectrometrie Optique de la Matiere   (France)

Author keywords

Cubic elastic constants; Lattice constants; Semiconductors; Tersoff potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 26644464874     PISSN: 08927022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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