Properties of GaN/ScN and InN/ScN superlattices from first principles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Ranjan, V ^a   Bin Omran, S ^a   Sichuga, David ^a   Nichols, Robert Sean ^a   Bellaiche, L ^a   Alsaad, Ahmad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

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EID: 33644932495     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.085315     Document Type: Article

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