An empirical potential approach to wurtzite-zinc-blende polytypism in group III-V semiconductor nanowires

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 8-11, 2006, Pages

  Akiyama, Toru ^a   Sano, Kosuke ^a   Nakamura, Kohji ^a   Ito, Tomonori ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nanowires; Polytypism; Semiconductors; Structural stability; Wurtzite structure; Zinc blende structure

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM PHOSPHIDE;

ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY; NANOWIRES; POLYTYPISM; STRUCTURAL STABILITY; VALENCE-BOND; WURTZITE STRUCTURE; ZINC BLENDE STRUCTURE;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 33645986169     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.45.L275     Document Type: Article

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