Phase stability, chemical bonds, and gap bowing of Inx Ga1-x N alloys: Comparison between cubic and wurtzite structures

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Caetano, C ^a   Teles, L K ^a   Marques, M ^b   Dal Pino Jr , A ^a   Ferreira, L G ^c  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE AERONÁUTICA   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

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EID: 33746506034     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.045215     Document Type: Article

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