Covalent bonding and the nature of band gaps in some half-Heusler compounds

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 776-785

  Kandpal, Hem Chandra ^a   Felser, Claudia ^a   Seshadri, Ram ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; FERMI LEVEL; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; ZINC;

COVALENT BONDING; ELECTROPOSITIVE CATIONS; HEUSLER COMPOUNDS;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS;

EID: 33244497574     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/5/S02     Document Type: Article

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