Quantum chemical modelling of Al-doped PZT crystals

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 517-526

  Serrano, Sheyla ^a,b   Celi, Alberto ^c   Stashans, Arvids ^d  

^a Centro de Investigacion en Fisica de la Materia Condensada Corporacion de Fisica Fundamental y Aplicada   (Ecuador)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA SALESIANA   (Ecuador)

^c ESCUELA POLITÉCNICA NACIONAL   (Ecuador)

^d UNIVERSIDAD TÉCNICA PARTICULAR DE LOJA   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Al doping; Electric conductivity; Electronic structure; Hole polarons; Lattice distortion; PZT crystals

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; LEAD COMPOUNDS; POLARONS; QUANTUM THEORY; STOICHIOMETRY;

AL-DOPING; HOLE POLARONS; LATTICE DISTORTION; PZT CRYSTALS;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33845896033     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNT.2006.011176     Document Type: Article

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